cannot see some folders nas vista beta 2

I have some folders within my NAS which is visible from XP SP 2 but does not appear when viewed from Vista Beta 2. Let me explain what I mean:
When viewed from XP SP 2:
e:\ABC\abc e:\ABC\efg e:\ABC\hij
When viewed from Vista Beta 2:
e:\ABC\abc
e:\ABC\hij
The NAS I have is from QNAP, TS-101.
FYI, both XP SP2 and Vista Beta 2 is on the same hardware system.
Anybody else facing this problem?
Thanks.

Hello,
There are some issues with remote storage devices that use older versions of Samba... the problem being not all files/folders are displayed when accessing the device from Vista, but everything works fine from older versions of Windows.
This bug is related to an error in Samba and can be corrected by installing a firmware upgrade from your NAS manufacturer that contains a newer version of Samba (Samba 3.0.22 or above is needed).
- JB

Jimmy,
Thanks again. I've got the latest firmware update but still the same problem. I'll use the information you provided to submit a request for firmware update to the manufacturer.
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Hello,
There are some issues with remote storage devices that use older versions of Samba... the problem being not all files/folders are displayed when accessing the device from Vista, but everything works fine from older versions of Windows.
This bug is related to an error in Samba and can be corrected by installing a firmware upgrade from your NAS manufacturer that contains a newer version of Samba (Samba 3.0.22 or above is needed).
- JB

hi, same NAS & file/folder feature is still pending. not solved in builds 5384 and/or 5472. Neither all folders nor all files are listed correctly. Maybe "samba" is the correct solution. Anyway it works correctly in vista using 3rd party tools ;-) . I'm sure that it's still a vista feature. Furthermore any filesystem other than NTFS is interpreted as ntfs. Up to now fat, fat32, reiser a.s.o don't work correctly. I'm still hoping that feature will be fixed without upgrading firmware ... we'll see what's in rc1 ... regards tagdancer
"Qnap300" wrote:

I have some folders within my NAS which is visible from XP SP 2 but does not appear when viewed from Vista Beta 2. Let me explain what I mean:
When viewed from XP SP 2:
e:\ABC\abc e:\ABC\efg e:\ABC\hij
When viewed from Vista Beta 2:
e:\ABC\abc
e:\ABC\hij
The NAS I have is from QNAP, TS-101.
FYI, both XP SP2 and Vista Beta 2 is on the same hardware system.
Anybody else facing this problem?
Thanks.

Hello,
This is actually caused by an incorrect behavior of Samba, and the NAS device by proxy.
Windows Vista uses a feature that receives the list of files really quickly. The reason third-party apps may work is becuase they do not use this feature.
Unfortunately, this is not something than can be fixed in a release of Vista, because the problem is not in Vista.
- JB
Vista Support FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

So let me see if I understand. Vista has made an improvement to speed up file lookups on my NAS drive, but now I can't see all the files? GREAT FEATURE. I have checked and my MAXTOR SHARED STORAGE DRIVE has the latest firmware, so it looks like I will have to stay on XP till all the manufacturers (or at least mine) modify the firmware and fix it. Is someone responsible to let the manufacturers know they have to fix this?
Thanks for listening, guess I will try to work with MAXTOR to get this fixed. -- Mike Shanahan
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Hello,
This is actually caused by an incorrect behavior of Samba, and the NAS device by proxy.
Windows Vista uses a feature that receives the list of files really quickly. The reason third-party apps may work is becuase they do not use this feature.
Unfortunately, this is not something than can be fixed in a release of Vista, because the problem is not in Vista.
- JB
Vista Support FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

I have just contacted MAXTOR (who was bought by SEGATE??) and they said they are aware of it, and are working on the issue. Did not get a warm fuzzy that they consider it an urgent issue??? The agent said "~I can't believe we would not have it fixed for the release of VISTA." -- Mike Shanahan
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Hello,
This is actually caused by an incorrect behavior of Samba, and the NAS device by proxy.
Windows Vista uses a feature that receives the list of files really quickly. The reason third-party apps may work is becuase they do not use this feature.
Unfortunately, this is not something than can be fixed in a release of Vista, because the problem is not in Vista.
- JB
Vista Support FAQ http://www.jimmah.com/vista/