Has anyone been able to access the Surface from their Windows machine? On mine it shows up under network but when you try and access it it tells you that it can't access the device and if you run the troubleshoothing wizard it tells me that everything is configured properly.
From the surface I can browse all the network shares that are on my machine so I open files and even copy them.
So I thought maybe I should create a share that I can use to dump files on to the Surface with. But if I create a folder on C and select properties there is no option to set up network sharing.
I have no issues accessing my c$ share from the Surface, but it's like the Surface doesn't let the outside in. I tried changing permissions and sharing settings, but it didn't help. The only thing I didn't try was setting up a homegroup and giving it a password.
The resolution to this is to set the "server" service to "automatic". The server service controls sharing. Go in to the desktop, explorer, right click my computer and then click manage. Expand services, find the server service and set to automatic or automatic with delayed start. :D
I have no issues accessing my c$ share from the Surface, but it's like the Surface doesn't let the outside in. I tried changing permissions and sharing settings, but it didn't help. The only thing I didn't try was setting up a homegroup and giving it a password.
They do not want people connecting in. For security.
