wait, wait... I just remembered that under the system preferences in mac there is a way to enable windows file sharing...
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:44 PM, jonas ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I HATE windows networking. It is nothing but trouble. I had the same > trouble trying to connect from my mac to a pc and vice versa. Solution: Use > all macs!!! > > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:49 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. 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? >> > The use of no password does not work. I use to see my son in laws pc and >> > the neighbors. I see nothing now. I had some other problems so I did a >> > fresh install of OS 10.5.5 and do not know if this messed up something. >> > I have renewed the dhcp lease several times in network the system >> > prefs. I do have work group listed and and the correct dns number. I >> > have sharing turned on and the firewall set to accept all incoming. Any >> > other ideas? >> > >> >> You are probably going to have to ask a group which knows more about >> Vista. I would not bother with IP Release/Renew. It is more a Vista >> issue than a network issue. As long as you are on the same network and >> the same workgroup you SHOULD see the other computers in that group and >> on that network. Because you cannot, it is something specific to Vista, >> and those computers running Vista. When you say you have sharing turned >> on, is that on the Vista computer? If not, it has to be enabled there >> as well. Peace, Dennis in Victoria >> >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
