[X4U] Windows 2000 File Sharing Vanished

[Ean Kingston]

> On 4/15/05 12:24 PM, "Doug LaBore" <dlabore at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Item 1
>> It seems to me that the 1st thing you must do is confirm that all
>> machines
>> can communicate with every other machine.
>>
>> Jot down the IP # of each machine ( both Mac & PC) and than see it you
>> can
>> "ping" the PC from the Mac via the terminal window in OS X
>
> Worked fine with network utility
>
>>
>> Item 2
>> The PC firewall is accessible via the PC control panel "security" icon
>
> Hmmm... Couldn't find this on win2000...any ideas?

In XP it is burried deep in the interface properties. I'm not sure if MS
backported the firewall to 2000 or not I think I head something about this
in the last service-pack, though. I'm not really a Windows guy, I just use
it at work.

>
> ALSO: I set up the ftp server on windows and was easily able to ftp into
> it
> from the mac!
>
> - but every time with the network finder tab - I still get the same error
> below.....
>
> - * IS there a service that I need to double check turning on on win2k?
>
>> smb://192.168.1.136
>>
>> -  the same error comes up every time -  "the Finder cannot complete the
>> operation because some data in " smb://192.168.1.136" could not be read
>> or
>> written.  Error code -36."
>>
>> -  I have tried everything I know - to no avail - any ideas?


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