adding a macintosh computer to a windows network

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Hi I want to add an apple macintosh computer to a windows
network i thought this would be simple but ther is not
info on how to do this in the xp help centre on my
computer or on the windows website. I hope it's not
blasphemus to mention Macintosh computers, because this
seems like it should be some thing easy to do so why are
microsoft hiding it.
 
Hi, dees -

I don't think Microsoft is hiding the information - you
might have a tough time finding find information on
connecting Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OS/2 or other *nix
boxes to Windows networks on Microsoft's sites.

I think operating systems change too often for anyone
other than the OS manufacturer to support their software -
maybe Apple would be the place to look to find out how
to connect a Mac to a Windows network ;)

If you're running OS X look here -

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=19652

but if you're running OS 9.x or earlier you'll need a
third-party program like Connectix' Virtual PC to make a
Mac work on a Windows network.

hth -
 
dees said:
Hi I want to add an apple macintosh computer to a windows
network i thought this would be simple but ther is not
info on how to do this in the xp help centre on my
computer or on the windows website. I hope it's not
blasphemus to mention Macintosh computers, because this
seems like it should be some thing easy to do so why are
microsoft hiding it.
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I don't know much about Mac's. Surely this is documented somewhere, but
I don't know where.

Idea: Assuming you are using the new OS/X (which is based on BSD
'Unix'), it's my understanding that they provide Samba with the product.
Read about Samba at www.samba.org. It's used to provide
file/printer/domain server services running on Linux for Windows
desktops. Terrific product (free) in use for many years now.

Running a Samba file server on your Mac would allow you to connect from
XP to the Mac's file shares. Conversely, Samba provides a program
called "smbmount" which may be available on your Mac OS/x to mount a
share on the XP box.

I use Samba running on a Linux box to act a a domain controller, file
server, and print server for Windows XP, NT, and 98 boxes. Never tried
it on Mac. Might work.
 
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