Noob Question - File Sharing

I have a Mac Book and a PC both connected to the same router wirelessly. Now, how do I enable file sharing between the two?

In the PC, I've enabled the "sharing" options for one folder and have given read/write privileges to "everyone." How do I go into this folder from my Mac Book? I try pressing "Connect to Server" and then "browse" but no results show up. Am I doing something wrong?

OK, so I'm trying a new method. Instead of "browse" I'm trying to connect directly via SMB.

So, I press "Connect to server" then I enter "smb\\10.0.0.2" (that's the ip of the pc that I'm trying to connect to).

Now it asks whether I want to connect as: Guest or Registered User

If I select Guest, it says "The server 10.0.0.2 does not allow Guest access"
How am I supposed to allow Guest access?

If I select Registered User, it asks me to enter a user name and password.
Where do I find this user name and password?

I'd really appreciate it if somebody could answer either one of the two questions marked in bold. Thanks.

simsaladimbamba said:

Since you didn't mention, which Windows version you use (if "PC" is short for Windows): "windows enable guest"


You enter the name of the admin or other account on that Windows machine and the password of that account.

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Thanks very much for your response, but I'm still unable to get it to work!

RE: Guest
I'm using Windows 7 on the PC. I followed the instructions to enable guest on that PC but when I try to connect from my Mac I still get the same error message - the server "10.0.0.2" does not allow guest access.

RE: Registered User
So, the PC has two users. One is guest (which I just enabled) and the other is the administrator (username: Alex Reissig). But the administrator user does not have a password. When I try to connect from my mac and enter the username (leaving the password field blank) I get an error message saying invalid user name or password.