I tried that. Her XP box refuses to let me in. I should be ok with the three computers. Is this three computers networked to the XP machine? (total of 4) or three computers total?
What did you use to network your XP box? Komba? Samba? something else? Thanks for the help. Linus On Sunday 29 September 2002 07:24 am, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: > WinXP ask for a pass but it doesn't check it. > If you know there isn't any password, simply press enter: everything should > work fine (it worked with me, XP home). > > Olaf > > At 06.18 29/09/2002, you wrote: > >Ok, I've tried a lot of things, but I cannot figure out how to connect to > > my wife's Win XP computer (home version). I get a message which is > > something about needing a password. I turned off all the passwords, > > protections, and other junk on her computer that *should* allow it to > > network. I can *see* the computer but cannot network to it. I've set up > > the workgroup and am using Komba2 to access her computer. I can do this > > quite successfully to a W98 box on the network, so I know the network is > > sound. By the way, I can't network the W98 boxes to her computer either > > and I refuse to run the special Microsoft program to set up *older* > > versions of Windows to network to XP. I'm actually kind of glad that > > Micro**** is shooting their own foot off. Other people as frustrated as I > > might give up and switch to the vastly superior Linux OS. In the > > meantime, I can't convince my wife so I'm stuck still trying to network > > her computer. Any help, web sites, or just plain commiserating is > > welcome. > > > >Linus > > > >On Saturday 28 September 2002 10:05 pm, et wrote: > > > On Saturday 28 September 2002 10:16 pm, you wrote: > > > > Are you, by any chance, mean that samba takes the place of > > > > pcanywhere? > > > > > > no, samba takes the place of ms file and print shareing serives, > > > Xfree86, and a OS that works correcxtly will allow you to "export" an > > > XFree86 session (if the network is fast enough) and that will allow you > > > to run the desktop as if you were at the machine... a real OS. > > > > > > > At 05:23 PM 9/28/2002 +0000, you wrote: > > > > >Andre Stevens wrote: > > > > > > Hi Derek! > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for the reference. I'll check it out as soon as I get > > > > > > soem free time. With reference to the Samba networking, will it > > > > > > allow me to connect my Winodze computers to my Linux computer? Or > > > > > > is it specifically designed for UNIX based systems? > > > > > > > > > >Samba is specifically for Linux-Windows connectivity (UNIX-type-only > > > > >communication is more normally handled by NFS). It has two parts: a > > > > >client (smbclient) that allows a Linux box to talk to Windows boxes > > > > >(e.g. read/write files or print) and a server which does the > > > > > opposite - your Linux box will show up in Network Neighborhood on > > > > > Windows. > > > > > > > > > >Sir Robin > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > >"Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. > > > > >It's lovely to be silly at the right moment" - Horace > > > > > > > > > >Robin Turner > > > > >IDMYO > > > > >Bilkent �niversitesi > > > > >Ankara 06533 > > > > > > > > > >http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- > > > > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > > > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > > >Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 9/19/2002 > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > <olaf@ kjws.com> for every kind of mail, except spam! :-)
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