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 Üniversitesi > > >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
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