Windows 7 RC1 can't connect to Airport Disk

Exactly same problem under Win7 business from MSDNA. Tried downgrading firmware, reset settings nothing helped.

Purn0, I have same issue with Win7 RTM(x64). Connection itself is OK. but while copying large files, it disconnects very often. I have not tested with Synctoy so far, but There is no enhancement from RC to RTM. I can not copy large files from airport disk..

any info on this problem its getting on my nerve 😟

This is an update regarding those who have upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium.

Once I got everything else working I realized the the Home edition does not have a Group Policy editor, and thus no way to edit Local Security Policies. I still have not found a way around the screwed up policies of Windows 7. I can see my Time Capsule under the 'Network' section of explorer, but when attempting to connect it will not accept my credentials. There must be a way to fix that without a Policy editor. I cannot find a way in the registry editor, but then I'm not adequate in that area.

As a TEMPORARY workaround I have found that I can type the IP address into explorer and it will then accept my credentials and allow me to use the hard drive. Of course this is easy for most people because the Time Capsule should have the default IP address of 10.0.1.1.

Hate to "me too" over here - but it would be nice to get a solution from the Apple folks on this.

Same here. Think W7 users need an update to Airport Utility as it worked fine under XP and Vista.

Cmon Apple, you release updates quick enough for your Mac users, we are customers too!

i have windows 7 home..and found the solution you have to change the registry settimg from 3 to 1...how u find

go to seach then accessories..then run...type in regedit.exe
then HKEY Localmachine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA\

find lmCompatibilitylevel from "3" to "1"

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x86 as a VM with VMWare Fusion 3. I've tried the security policy and the LmCompatibility registry tricks as mentioned in this thread but they didn't help. AirPort Disk keeps giving me this error:

Unknown user, incorrect password, or login is disabled. Please retype the login information or contact the disk's administrator (67)

Any other trick I could try?
Thanks!

OK, I found a solution from here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1331

The trick is not to use the AirPort Disk utility. I did not need to change any security policy or registry settings, just used Map Network Drive and it worked.

There's a easy solution, just go to network places, microsoft windows network, once there, you'll see TC, click on it, open a my computer window, now just drag and drop the TC to the windows, now windows ask about the drive letter you want to map, select whatever and ready, works on bootcamp and VM Fusion too

i'm having the same problem too

I've been having pretty much the same problems as others here, my Mac reads and writes fine to my Airport disk, however Windows 7 seems to copy files fine off the disk however will rarely if ever write files to the disk.
I have downgraded the firmware on my Airport to 7.3.2 and things seem to be working for the time being. I saw this solution posted in a thread about Time Capsules also having this problem

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2098360&start=15&tstart=0

Here are the instructions someone posted about downgrading firmware


To download older versions of firmware, follow these instruction from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1218

If I have a computer or device that does not work well with an AWD with the latest update, how can I install previous (earlier) versions of firmware?

1. Open AirPort Utility.
2. From the AirPort Utility menu, hold the Option key (Control key in Windows XP and Vista) and choose Check for Updates....
3. Select the specific firmware version you require.
4. Click Download.
5. Select your base station and choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu, or double-click on the AWD icon.
6. Choose Base Station > Upload Firmware.
7. Select a firmware version and click OK.

This downgrade seems to be working for me so far, so might be worth a try for others.

Great solution. Went into Regedit as you suggested and it worked like a charm. Thanks!

I have tried to downgrade to 7.3.2. I could download older firmware by following your instruction. but when I tried to upload to Time Capsule, I can only choose 7.4.2.

My Time capsule (Early 2009) is not allowed to downgrade to 7.3.2 or older. Downgrading to 7.3.2 is good solution for Late 2008 Time Capsule. but not for Early 2009..

Fixed it on my network. Both the laptop and the airport express were on my network, they just couldn't see each other.