Mac to pc file sharing?!?!

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cubecube
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hi I wana share files between a Mac and pc...



Venn i press the go button and connect to server i type inn smb://ipadress/share (is this right?) And then i have to type a network name, user name and password. This is the password and stuff fore the Network and not my mac, Right...? Venn i have done this i get an erorcode = - 36



Watts wrong here?



I have switched Windows file sharing on.



Im New to mac by the way

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    new to english I see as well

    My friend set up the same thing... so when I see him I will ask him to help you out... but I bet by the time i get back to you, someone will have already helped you out...



    what OS is the PC running?



    good luck with the english.



    -Paul
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  • Reply 2 of 5
    ibrowseibrowse Posts: 1,749member
    Last time I did it, I just went to Connect To Server, waited a second, the account on the Windows machine (XP) just showed up in the list. Connected, put in the name and password, bam.
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  • Reply 3 of 5
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    Provided you've got a shared drive on the Windows machine and the IP address is of the same class (easiest way: make the first three quads match those of your Mac), Connect to Server should find it anyway.
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  • Reply 4 of 5
    cubecube Posts: 142member
    Sorry fore my bad spelling...



    Im not English and I am dyslectic so there you go



    Its a windows me pc and it suks



    Were do i find the password fore the network? ore the user name? Is it important to put a network name?



    Im sorry if I´m dumb but I´m not so good at netvork



    Is there any settings that i have change in the pc, and by the way their connected through a ruter... Is that a problem?



    Thx fore your replies
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  • Reply 5 of 5
    dobbydobby Posts: 797member
    You did the correct thing in your first post.

    The Network name is the domain or workgroup of the Windows ME machine (not the hostname). The usename and password should be that of your Me machine.

    You cannot share a device/directory under Windows without having a workgroup or domain defined. As for the username check under the user accounts control panel option for a list of created users.You might need to create one.

    By default, your workgroup name will probably be WORKGROUP.



    Dobby.
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