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    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by RogueMonk, Jan 19, 2008.

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    RogueMonk Notebook Deity

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    I'm trying to get my new backbook to see my Vista machine so I can move some documents/videos/music.

    I don't know how to even find a network. Can somebody offer me some real simple instructions on how to do this? Its not that I have a problem, but that I just don't know how to even begin. Thanks.

    Also, where do I put my music once its transfered? Is there a music folder?

    Sorry for the dumb newbie questions.
     
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    There are some problems regarding accessing Vista computers in Leopard. Nevertheless, if you want Finder to display all computers on the network, you should do the following:

    Go to System Prefs>Sharing>File Sharing>Options and make sure Share Files and Folders using SMB and your account name is checked.
    In System Prefs>Network, click on the hardware with which you are connected to the network (for example Airport if you're connected wirelessly), click on Advanced and select OFF in the Configure IPv6 drop down box.

    Afterwards, go into to terminal and type:
    dscacheutil -flushcache
    followed by return, and then wait for a few minutes and your Finder should display the computers on your network under the Shared list. Whether you will actually be successful in connecting to them and moving your files would be a different matter. It might be more convenient to move your files from your Vista machine to your Mac, as Vista seems to connect to Macs just fine.
     
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    "your Finder should display the computers on your network under the Shared list"

    How do I do that? ^^^ I can't find the shared list or the network.


    Thanks for the help.
     
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    Go to Finder Preferences, click on Sidebar, and check the boxes under SHARED. If your networked machines still don't appear, try restarting Finder, or double check the whether sharing is enabled or the permissions are correct on the Vista machine.
     
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    Networking works fine vista machine to vista machine.

    My vista machines can see this macbook, but it cannot seem to access it.

    This macbook cannot see any of my vista machines.
     
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    Update - I can now access my macbook from all my windows machines.


    Am I missing something? Am I maybe looking in the wrong place.?

    Also, do I have to set "workgroup" on my mac?
     
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    Unless you manually create a new location in System Pref>Network, you will be unable to set a workgroup. For some people, doing this has helped them with seeing Vista computers in Leopard, so you might want to give it a try.

    For me, disabling IPv6 enabled Finder to display Vista computers currently on the network, but I still cannot access them without manually using the Go>Connect to Server function in Finder.
    This networking with Vista is an issue with Leopard due to the lack of protocols it supports, and will hopefully be fixed soon. In the meantime, you might want to try the manual access method, of going into Finder, then Go>Connect to Server and typing in:
    smb://IP address of the computer
    Or just use Vista to put the files you want onto your Mac.
     
    Budding, Jan 20, 2008
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