How do I know what the CIFS sign is

Greetings! I just bought one of those networkable blu ray players... I have access to my portable network drive and thus are able to watch downloaded movies... Could you define  how to log in to my  network ... the bluray player asks for a "cifs sign in" in order to stream from my laptop... In lamen terms... I dont know what would the CIFS siign in name would be... How do I know what it is? I cant figure out what or where it will be... 

DEAR FRIENDS

ITS VERY VERY EASY ,

1. ON YOUR BD PLAYER

2. START YOUR PC / LAPTOP  WHAT EVER YOU ARE USING

3. KEEP THE PLAYABLE VIDEO /PICTURE FILES IN C DRIVE ANY WHERE , LIKE MY DOC/DESK TOP /VIDEO ETC

4. NOW GO TO BD PLAYER CIFS SIGN IN

5. ENTER YOU USER NAME AND PASSWORD OF YOUR PC

6. SELECT THE FILES YOU WANT TO PLAY

7. ENJOY

I DID THIS IN 5 MINUTES AND ENJOYING  LG NETWORK PLAYER

YUSUF

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It looks like the CIFS Login problem is indeed an issue with Vista and Win7 security settings. The Windows Professional and Ultimate versions can be fixed by changing security policy settings through secpol.msc. The Windows Home versions require editing the registry directly (because they do not have secpol.msc).

For Win7 Professional and Ultimate go to http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18886334 and read post #1466. For Win7 Home versions, go to post #1693 and on for multiple options.

I went back to work trying to solve the CIFS login problem. Despite making the registry edit mentioned at the AVS Forum link above, I still couldn't get through the CIFS login screen. The problem ended up being--you're not going to believe this--the Windows Live Sign-In Assistant installed during a Windows update. Go to http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1229543&page=65 and look at post 1939. After uninstalling it (and turning off password protected sharing in the Network and Sharing Center), the BD570 opens shared folders on my win7 x64 Home Premium computer without any CIFS login prompt. No passwords set, no extra login accounts in Win7, nada. The shared folders open under Win7 the same way the did under Vista and WinXP.

Uninstalling Windows Live Sign-In Assistant fixed the problem for me.  I spent a few months trying to figure this one out.  Thanks so much!

Hi, thank you for your advice. It's much better than using nero mediahome4.

 

I just figured it out. All you need to do are the following steps:

1- create a user on your computer (from the control panel, user management). For example: username: guest , password: whatever

2- share the drive that has the media you would like to play and give the user guest access to it.

3- Go to your Blue Ray player, when it asks for CIFS login enter the guest user information.

Voila! It should show the folder under your servername and you can play files.

I hope this helps.

If you are like me - I'm unable to share my files with my LG cinema system - When I select the link to my PC I get the CIFS sign and no matter what name and password I try, it reports it as incorrect. The culprit seems to be Windows Live Sign-in assistant – Remove that and the problem goes away. The Windows Live Sign-in Assistant was installed on my W7 machine as part of Windows Essential. I had to remove all of Windows Essential and re-install the only part that I use Windows Live Photo Gallery – I did have to install an older version of WLPG as I could not work out how to install the 2011 version without the Sign-in Assistant.

I hope this helps – This problem drove me mad (well nearly!)

Doctor Keo