Connecting to Windows Machine

Cypher · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject: Connecting to Windows Machine

I've not connected to my windows machine in a while and never whilst using Leopard, In my Network list I can see 3 windows machines including the one I want to link to. When I select the machine I get the following

The connection always fails. How do I get it to bring up a login screen so I can add a username and password ? I'm assuming its defaulting to using my username and password off the iMac, but I have a different username on the PC.

BTW clicking the connect as button isn't doing it, it just tries to auto connect again and fails.
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Cypher · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject:

If I try to connect to one of the other two machines, I do get the login screen up

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ghostdawg · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject:

Did you configure it for at least one user? Now when I access the mini from Linux, it ask for user/password info.

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Well I guess you did.
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Cypher · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:20 am Post subject:

Yes there are multiple users on all of the systems.
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hackersmovie · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:04 am Post subject:

Well, I was going to try and give some suggestions by booting into my XP install on my Macbook but, when I do, it doesn't show up on the network at all! Seems I have a bigger problem Laughing

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Cypher · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:49 am Post subject:

I got around it last night by setting my iMac to share files and folders by SMB. This let me navigate from the Windows Machine to the iMac.

Once I'd moved the files I needed over to the Mac I removed the SMB.

Doesn't fix the network problem to that machine, but I got the files I needed eventually.
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devo · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject:

I would assume that all of your computers have the same workgroup name for each user?

Cypher · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:01 am Post subject:

yes they are all in the same workgroup "MSYS"
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