On Apr 15, 2005, at 8:00 pm, revDAVE wrote: > Also: for example - when I use command-K - and type the local IP of > the > machine: > > 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." Could you check that file & printer-sharing is enabled on the PC, please? This is described at <http://www.wellesley.edu/Computing/FileSharing/Windows/win2kxp.html> You should be able to browse the PC's own shares from Network Neighbourhood - if this isn't working, forget the Mac side of things for the moment. Stroller.