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I have two standalone PC's. One is Windows 8.1 and the other is Ubuntu 14.04. I have a working network between the two. Each machine can ping the other and I have Internet shared via Ethernet from the Windows machine to the Linux machine. One thing I can't seem to get right however is the sharing of a folder.

I have installed samba etc and followed numerous forums and so called solutions but none of them seem to work. When I try to access the Windows machine from the Linux machine it give the error: 

Unhandled error message: Failed to retrieve share list from server: Connection timed out
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    Have you seen this, it looks like the answer to your problem: http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/03/how-to-fix-failed-to-retrieve-share-list-from-server-in-ubuntu-12-04-11-10-when-file-sharing-with-windows/ Just the first thing Google suggested when I searched for this problem. – krowe Jun 18 '14 at 20:31
  • I have tried that already, no success unfortunately. – Machiavelli Fernandes Jun 20 '14 at 15:51
  • Does this answer your question? [How to share files through the local network?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/310180/how-to-share-files-through-the-local-network) – user68186 Jun 26 '21 at 18:16

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  1. Share the folder on windows machine to all users.

  2. Change the settings in windows machine:

    Go to Control Panel > Network and sharing center > Change advanced sharing settings > Enable Turn Off password protect sharing option.

    NOTE: Make sure the folder's Properties > Security includes Guest. Folders in C:\Users generally don't include that user.

    [This will allow sharing of files on network without knowing the username and password of windows machine]

  3. Now try to access the folder from ubuntu.

reference: How to access shared folder without giving username and password

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