It seems to me that you are being asked to enter the username/password for your account on the PC, and that you should go to the PC and confirm (or update) the username/password and then go back to the Mac and try entering it again; or that you need to register the username/password of the PC in a file sharing panel on the Mac. I'm shooting from the hip here as I have not had occasion to do this. I'm just replying on the basis of the discussion I have followed to this point. On Dec 14, 2004, at 8:05 AM, Valerie Maples wrote: > I am sorry; the history of this is not here/ Everything is already > "shared" > on the PC from the root directory up/ I have never heard the term > permissions or seen a place for the other computers user name/ > passwords on > Windows and I am a fairly advanced user. > > Regards, Wayne Clodfelter wayne at troutnc.com