Windows Network on a MAC

[thomamon]

More help to the newb Mac user, if you don't mind.

So, I've configured it so I can see my MAC on my Windows machine. However, for the life of me I can't figure out how to see my windows machines(Vista 64) from my Mac. Is there an easy guide how to set this up somewhere?

I am using Vista 64 SP2 and just upgraded the Mac to Snow Leopard.

Thanks again!

Tom

PS Anyone know an easy way to move my iTunes Library over to my MBP?

 

[webgoat]

find out the workgroup your pc is on and enter it in the WINS tab in your network preferences.. and obviously make sure they are both connected to the same network

if its still not showing up in the shared section of finder just get the ip address of your pc and connect to server smb://ipaddressofpc and be prepared with the admin name/pw of the pc

 

[thomamon]

find out the workgroup your pc is on and enter it in the WINS tab in your network preferences.. and obviously make sure they are both connected to the same network

if its still not showing up in the shared section of finder just get the ip address of your pc and connect to server smb://ipaddressofpc and be prepared with the admin name/pw of the pc

OK, I've added the workgroup in the System Preferences. I don't see a shared section anywhere in finder, am I missing it?

 

[thomamon]

If I use Windows, I can see the MAC. But not the other way around. Any clues?

 

[thomamon]

I've searched and googled, and still can't get a way for Sharing to come up in Finder. What am I doing wrong? Any experts, please?

 

[Fizzoid]

Have you tried this?

if its still not showing up in the shared section of finder just get the ip address of your pc and connect to server smb://ipaddressofpc and be prepared with the admin name/pw of the pc

And does it work?

 

[thomamon]

Have you tried this?

And does it work?

Yes, but when I reboot it disappears.

 

[velocityg4]

if its still not showing up in the shared section of finder just get the ip address of your pc and connect to server smb://ipaddressofpc and be prepared with the admin name/pw of the pc

This is what I do. I have not ever had the network browser work properly with samba. It's always been hit or miss where some days the Windows machines show up sometimes they do not. Since all computers and devices on my network are assigned static IP address I just type in their addresses.

I know this has been a problem for me since 10.1 with Windows 98, 10.0 was just a novelty I never used much. I would say Mac OS 9 too but I do not recall how I shared with Windows machine over my network back then. Anyways this problem still shows with 10.6 and Windows 7 so typing in the Samba address is the way to go

 

[nickhh]

This is what i Did in vista and it worked for me, I found it on the internet but cant remember where.

In regedit go to HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanserver\parameters

make a new string value called OptionalNames then right click it and add a value
here enter the ip address of your vista machine (your vista pc must have a fixed ip address for this to work) Reboot your vista machine.

When you browse the network from your mac your PC should show up but it can take a while after the reboot

HTH