Now that's a thought, The G5 is simply named G5 which would be a
legal Windows name also if my memory servers me correctly and the
dual 1 gig G4 is named xaxu which would also be a legal Windows name
therefore they're not showing up twice. Maybe I ought to try using a
bit more imagination when naming these computers also. I'm going to
look into this and see what happens. This laptop (which I didn't
have turned on at the time I checked) is named ibook, so I'm assuming
it'll only show up once as ibook would also be a legal windows name.
I wouldn't have turned on Windows Fire Sharing at all except for the
fact that we bought my wife a Dell Laptop. The stupid thing is that
with all of the 'security features' installed on it, you can't see it
on the network at all, no way no how--but at least she can see the
Macs...so I guess it all works out. And yes, I know you have to
'connect to server' and use the smb thingy.
Thanks for the insight--a lot better than the information I was
offered by an earlier poster who I can only assume was guessing.
Tim
On Oct 13, 2005, at 1:21 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:
My speculation is that if you'd given your computers legal Windows
names, meaning 1-12 characters with no spaces, you'd only see one
of each. Instead, OS X has added dashes to replace the spaces
you've inadvertently left in your computer names, and thus you've
got two; one Apple name, and one Windows name adapted by OS X for
you from your Apple name? Perhaps you can rename you computers with
legal Windows names and I'd speculate there will only be one
instance of each? Just a guess.
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