Sharing Files Between Windows XP and Mac OS X Leopard NOTEBOOK
What do I need to do so I can start sharing files between my pc and mac? I already started network wizard but still can see my mac on my pc or cant see my pc on my mac. PLEASE HELP THANX1 person needs an answerI do too
December 1st, 2009 9:21pm

On OS X, make sure you have File sharing ticked in System Preferences>Sharing. Click the Options button and select "Share files and folders using SMB". Add shared directories as desired. On XP, run the Network Setup Wizard to enable file/printer sharing. You must create matching user accounts/passwords on both the Mac and Windows XP. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES . If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this: XP - Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm You will find the automatic logon options for OS X in System Preferences>Accounts. You also need to make sure you've correctly configured your firewalls on both machines to allow the Local Area Network as trusted. With Windows Firewall, setting File and Printer Sharing ON will take care of this for those machines and if you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus/security program with its own firewall component, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Refer to any third party security program's Help or user forums for how to properly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one firewall. DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY. The OS X Firewall settings are in System Preferences>Security. Click the lock to make changes and click the Advanced button to make sure SMB Sharing is allowed. If you set it up in the Sharing module, it will be. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder. MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
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December 2nd, 2009 4:50pm

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