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Hi,
I am wondering if anyone would be able to give me some help with sharing with sharing the folders on my macbook with a vista laptop across a wireless network. I have looked at some guides online however i cant seem to figure how to get it working!
As you can maybe tell, I'm not the most technical minded person, but really though this would be more straight forward. Any step by step guides anyone?
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David.
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You have a fantastic resource built into the OS: the Help menu. Unlike Windows, it's actually useful. I just did a search for "share folders with Windows" and got a number of useful topics that tell you exactly how to do it.
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Originally Posted by ibook_steve 
You have a fantastic resource built into the OS: the Help menu. Unlike Windows, it's actually useful. I just did a search for "share folders with Windows" and got a number of useful topics that tell you exactly how to do it.
Steve
Yeah, but doesn't mean that will work! I got a macmini with Leopard that share nothing with no other computer - I try with Panther, Windows XP and Vista. Only a few things when I try with my own login, nobody else is allowed, u can try all help step by step - does not work!
You got to find somebody that knows UNIX and use the Terminal (the ultimate admin tool!!!) to make sharing as you wish. Sorry...
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From the search I did in the online help, I got the article copied below. You do not need any knowledge about Unix permissions or anything special to use file sharing. Along with these instructions that let you share the home folder, if you want to share a specific folder or hard drive, click the folder or drive to select it, and choose Get Info from the file menu. In the information window near the bottom in the Sharing section, simply select who should have access to the folder or drive and whether they can only read files or if they can write files to the folder as well. It's really quite easy to do if you simply follow the instructions in the built-in help. If you have specific questions about any of these steps, please let us know.
Connecting to a Mac from a Windows computer
If you turn on file sharing on your Mac, people using Windows computers can connect to your computer.
To connect to your computer from a Windows computer, users need the network address for your Mac. To see the network address, open Sharing preferences and select File Sharing. The address appears next to the list of services.
Users also need the name and password for a user account on your computer.
To connect to a Mac from a Windows computer:
On the Windows computer, choose My Network Places from the Start menu.
Do one of the following to connect to the computer:
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If the Mac and Windows computers are on the same local network or subnetwork and are members of the same workgroup, click View Workgroup Computers in the Explorer Bar. Double-click the computer you want to connect to and enter the short name and password for the user account.
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If the computers are not in the same workgroup but you have connected to the Mac before, click Microsoft Windows Network in the Explorer Bar, then double-click the workgroup.
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If you haven’t connected to the computer before, you may be able to browse for it by clicking Folder in the toolbar.
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If you still don’t see the computer, click “Add a network place” in the Explorer Bar and follow the onscreen instructions to add the Mac to My Network Places.
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When you are asked to specify the server, enter the network address. The sharename is the name of the home folder for the user account you are using, which is usually the same as the short name for the account.
It may take a short time for the Windows computer to show that the Mac computer is on the network.
If you cannot connect to the Mac from the Windows computer using the user account, you may need to reset the password for the account in Accounts preferences.
After you have connected to the Mac, you have access to all the folders in the home folder of the user account, or any other folders or volumes you were given permission to access.
You can also connect to the Mac from another Mac by using file sharing.
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Originally Posted by gustavopi
You got to find somebody that knows UNIX and use the Terminal (the ultimate admin tool!!!) to make sharing as you wish. Sorry...
Absurd.
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Above all, be aware that a networking issue (sharing, etc.) between a Mac and a Windows machine running XP, Vista, whatever, will likely be the fault of the Windows machine. As long as you tell your Mac to share with Windows, it is covered. Getting an XP machine to share is fairly straightforward, as long as you just follow the steps in the Help. Vista is another matter-it's like Microsoft wanted to make a number of very useful parts of Vista difficult to use.
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