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Just use the IP address
Authored by: bonkydooky on May 04, '05 06:22:56PM

This is likely too much trouble for machines with dynamic IP addresses, but this trick worked like a charm for us.

On the Windows XP box, select Start>Run and then type in the IP address of the Mac to which you want to connect, like below:
\\192.168.0.12\

It will ask for your user name and password. You should probably use your short login name (like "psmith" instead of "Peter Smith"). It should bring up a list of the shares to which you have access.

Take that, Windows networking!



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