Adding a Macintosh computer to a Win 2000 workgroup

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Alan Bitterman

My wifejust go a Macintosh G4 running OS9, and I need to
add it to my Win2000 workgroup.
I am MAC illiterate, and need detailed step by step
instructions on how to accomplish this

Thanks
 
My wifejust go a Macintosh G4 running OS9, and I need to
add it to my Win2000 workgroup.
I am MAC illiterate, and need detailed step by step
instructions on how to accomplish this
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Hi Alan!

The Mac OS 9 operating system can not natively communicate with Windows
machines. Also, Workgroups are a Windows feature and are not part of Mac OS
9 systems or earlier.

You do have a couple of alternatives that may get you what you're looking
for.

Dave from http://www.thursby.com is software that can be installed on a Mac
OS 9 system to allow it to participate in a Windows network. The Mac will
appear as another Windows computer.

Or you can upgrade your G4 to Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther), which has native
Windows networking and the ability to join a Mac to a Windows workgroup.

Hope this helps! bill
 
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