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Originally Posted by bucketbakereturn
There's been a couple of processes here whereby Macs mantra of 'it just works' itsn't quite so true.But it is a beautiful machine and i will grow to love it i know.
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... and those processes are all ones involving Windoze, eh? A system is only as good as its weakest component.
This is from the Mac's own Help system:
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Setting up a Windows computer to share files with Mac users
You can set up a Windows computer to share files with other users on your network, including Mac users.
To let users connect to a Windows computer from a Mac computer, you need to share a folder on the Windows computer.
If you have never set up the Windows computer for sharing, open My Network Places and follow the onscreen instructions to set up a home or small office network.
To share a folder, right click the folder’s icon and choose Properties. Click the Share tab and follow the onscreen instructions.
You may need to disable the Internet Connection Firewall in the Advanced pane of the device's properties.
You may need to restart the Windows computer after setting it up.
To connect to the Windows computer, users need the network address for the computer, the workgroup name, and the user name and password for the shared folder:
To see the computer’s workgroup name and computer name, open the System control panel, then click the Computer Name tab.
To see the names of user accounts available on the computer, open the User and Groups control panel.
To see the IP address and DNS name of a Windows XP computer, look in the Details pane of the Explorer. You may need to open the Network Connection control panel and select the connection you’re using. The information appears in the Explorer Bar.
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I've never connected to a Windows machine (except through Virtual PC but that was all set up as part of the installation process so I don't know how it did it).
I do suspect however that sharing at the level of the drive itself might be the issue. Have you experimented with sharing a specific folder yet?