Ibook

Aaron Wilson

Ok I just got my first mac in my life!! It's an older Ibook but got to start some were right? How do I make it so my xp PC's see the Ibook and so on?

wxwax

Bump for DavidTO.

DavidTO

wxwax wrote:

Bump for DavidTO.

Heheh.

Sorry to say, I dunno. I never have to network with PCs, but I know that Andy, Mike Lane, bigwebguy, they all know the answer to this one...

DavidTO

I will say this:

It should just work. You will probably have to turn on file sharing in your system preferences, since OSX comes locked down. But once you do that it SHOULD be fine.

marlof

Go to System Preferences, in the Internet & Network menu select Sharing and enable File Sharing and Windows Sharing. Also enable your account for Windows sharing. The screen will show the address you'll have to use in your Windows machine to see your Mac (\\[IP address of Mac\[User Name on Mac]). It's very easy from there, just use the right username/password of the enabled Mac account, and you can fully browse the Mac from your Windows box.

DoctorIt

good luck. I've tried many times, always failed. It's never been an issue to get online via any network with my Mac, but getting at shared resources has never worked (shared folders, hard drives, printers, etc). Problem is, if there's an expert around, they're always an expert in one or the other so the answer ends up being "you're so stupid, can't you just get a [blank]?!".

if there is a way, I'm all s

Aaron Wilson

hmm
I will give it a try. I can't get it to connect to my wifi at all. I put it on airport and even down my wep to no security.

DavidTO

Aaron Wilson wrote:

I will give it a try. I can't get it to connect to my wifi at all. I put it on airport and even down my wep to no security.

Are you using the Airport Utility or the Airport Setup Assistant? I suggest the latter first. It's worked for me when the other doesn't, since it doesn't allow me to make stupid, ignorant mistakes. There are times that I've used the Utility and been successful, but I'd start with the assistant.