Re: join a windows network from my macbook.

2010-11-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
If you don't need your Windows machines to see your Mac, then you don't need to turn on this option. Also, you might try navigating to smb://WindowsMachineName where WIndowsMachineName is the name of your windows box. If notthing else, you might get a error you can look up in the Macintosh help

Re: join a windows network from my macbook.

2010-11-17 Thread Mike Arrigo
Try going to the computer window by pressing command shift c. Also, if you're using windows 7, there are a couple adjustments you need to make, in particular, disabling the 128 bit encription. Also, be sure that SMB sharing is enabled in your system preferences. Original message: Ok, I did that

Re: join a windows network from my macbook.

2010-11-16 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Nektarios, In snow Leopard, the Directory Utility is within the Accounts Preference of the system Preference. to access it, do the following: 1. go to System Preferences. 2. Select the Accounts System Pref. 3. Navigate to the Accounts, Groups and Login Options Table one item to the right

Re: join a windows network from my macbook.

2010-11-16 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Ok, I did that. Now, how do I access my network resources? The list under network is still empty. Nektarios. On Nov 17, 2010, at 4:04 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > You shouldn't need to use this to set the work group. To do this, open > network preferences, and click advanced. Click the wins tab, he

Re: join a windows network from my macbook.

2010-11-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
You shouldn't need to use this to set the work group. To do this, open network preferences, and click advanced. Click the wins tab, here you can indicate the name of your work group. On Nov 16, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > Hello list. > I am trying to join my home network from my

Re: join a windows network from my macbook.

2010-11-16 Thread Colin M
Hi Nektarios! In my applications folder under utilities there is a net work utility folder could this be what you are looking for! hth Colin On 16 Nov 2010, at 21:49, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > Hello list. > I am trying to join my home network from my macbook pro. > This is a windows based work g