i have used vista some, (unfortunately.) Make sure that file sharing is turned on, and make sure that there is a shared folder.
On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Dennis Myhand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Norm Rowe wrote: > > OS 10.5.5 on PPC mac. Have a Compaq Laptop with win vista. I know but my > > wife loves windoz. The lap top was sent in for repairs and came back > > with Vista reloaded and all her stuff gone. I use to be able to access > > her pc from my mac. Found that the ip address was changed. She can see > > my Mac but I can not see her pc.Under network her pc does not show up. > > If I click on "connect to" with the new ip address I'm asked for > > administrator user name and password. Nothing I put in works. I do not > > know much about vista. Any one know how to set this up? > > > Did you try no password at all? Did you ask the people who reloaded > Vista what password they used? I realize that it may be hard to speak > with the techs at a repair center you send a computer in to, but there > should be an agreed upon password that is used in all re-installs. I am > not completely familiar with Vista since my district has refused to > switch to it, but I played with it at home and hated it. There should > be some setting in the network connections control which will allow that > laptop to be seen on the network. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
