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Windows XP Cannot See all files in Windows 7 shares

The problem has been traced to Avast (any flavor).  Turns out it is a known issue, but not one too many people notice.  

When Avast is uninstalled on the source machine (Windows 7),  XP can the see all files in all network shares. 

 
 
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A user's XP Pro SP3 laptop's tries to view a shared folder on a Windows 7 machine and some of the files that were there are no longer there even though the show up on the Windows 7 machine locally

Creation Date April 22,2011
Article Tags Avast! Networking Network Windows XP 7 Seven
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