Each time you’ve upgraded an operating system, from XP to Vista To Windows 7 , the ability to map a drive to a SharePoint document library, or use “Explorer View” Seems to break.

After a few months of extensive research I have determined the simple cause of this. Increased Security.

I will go over briefly the items you need to review to get it working. Please look at the following list of terms:

If you are trying to fix this in a business’s live environment and you are glazing over the previous list, and have no clue what these terms are related to, you may want to seek the assistance of an IT pro that does. One wrong click and you can bring down your SharePoint site entirely. 

So you have now been warned. Proceed at you own risk