Done that too. No help. Same problem with all users, even ones that I just created.

I even deleted all files in /Library/Caches. No help.

So, is there anyone out there that has a Windows machine on their local network in the same workgroup as the Mac and you can connect to the Windows machine and see the files there? If so, please do the following and tell me what you get:

ls -lao /Network

In particular, I want to know what the Windows machine is linked to.

Thanks.

I guess I missed that part.
So the problem is that the Mac is automatically adding an entry ("Jd-Ibm") under /Network when the laptop is present on the network, but that entry doesn't work to access the laptop - is that right?

I didn't expect it to change anything. I still recommend removing it as I explained above - just to make things simpler. Feel free to put it back when you aren't troubleshooting.

Same problem, but with Windows 2003 Server
 

I've had this problem for quite some time. It all changed all of a sudden one day and I can't pinpoint when exactly it was. We have a shared drive and NONE of the macs that come through our office can access the server, giving the same alias error message. To me that means that there is a problem on the other end (the server), but our IT guys don't like macs and won't answer some simple questions about the setup. (Yes we should find someone who can, but that is another story.)

I have tried everything. Everything and then some. I feel the frustration that the first poster is having and whatever I can offer for help....

AdmitMac is apparently an option, but I don't see why I should have to pay 119.00 to do something that was already supposed to happen.

One more thing. I found this last time I was looking for a solution:

http://macwindows.com/tiger.html#SMB1

Well, apparently I have the same problem now getting to my XP shares. I tried the XP regedit suggestion however the key for anonmyous login was already set to "0". I also tried another suggestion at the very bottom of the page from the link in the above post to connect to server>cifs://192.168.1.102. At that point I get an error: "connecting to server sorry the operation could not be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -41)"

I can't seem to find much info on that error at either MS or apple support. :(

I have no problems accessing shares on a win98 box on the same network. Any other suggestions are very appreciated.

ETA: The curious thing to me is if I attempt to fix the alias of the XP machine, when I navigate to the network folder, the alias is greyed out, and the win98 box is accessable. The opposite occurs if I attempt to fix an alias in the win98 box, it is greyed out and the XP box shows up as accessable (albeit inaccessable due to the missing alias thing)

So I decide to delete any entry in my key chain that references my xp box. I open up the console log to watch what entries occur and here it is:

===== Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:44:21 PM US/Eastern =====
mount_smbfs: error from NetrShareEnum call: exception = 382312522
mount_smbfs: tree connect phase failed: syserr = Cannot allocate memory

The first entry occurred when the authentication box pops up. (since I deleted all key chain entries)

The next entry occurs after I enter the username and password for the guest account on the XP box, and try to connect to one of the shared folders.

Any ideas? Thanks.

did i read this thread too quickly or did nobody suggested trying to connect with the direct IP of the windows box ?

another try that works most of the time for me:
open TextEdit.app
type in:
smb://DOMAIN;USERNAME:PASSWORD@windows_IP_address/sharepoint_name

example: smb://WORKGROUP;john:1234@192.168.1.101/SharedDocs

Then, highlight that line of text, click on highlighted text, hold for a sec, then drag on desktop (this should create kind of a shortcut to the windows box)
Double click the newly created document

OK-I tried that (I think I tried that a week or so ago, but with bad syntax) and got the same error-could not allocate memory

WHOA!!!! Hold the phone!!!

I initially dismissed this suggestion that I saw in several places (since I did not have any norton product on the XP box) to increase the IRPStackSize in the windows registry: http://support.microsoft.com/default...EN-US;q177078&

But reading here: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/4817 lead me to believe it was salient.

I did edit the registry, first with a value of 15 and it failed. I then upped the value to 20 and HALLELUIAH! I got success!

FABULOUS! This works for me. I don't care anymore if I have a missing link. THIS WORKS!

Thanks a bunch!

After applying the solution given by SUNSOUL, I no longer get an entry for the XP machine in /Networks.

I have also applied smarkham604's solution to set IRPStackSize on my XP to 20 (decimal). That hasn't done any good, but with no entry in /Network to try to connect to, its a moot point.

As long as I can connect to my XP using sunsoul's solution, I'm happy. Maybe when I upgrade to the Intel machine (someday) the problem will go away.

i'm glad i could help, xp2mac :)

on a side note.. i wonder how to refresh the /Network o.O

Well, maybe I do care why I have a missing link. Now that I have brought this subject up, others are reporting the same problem. I do think it is associated with the OS in one sense - it seems to have happened after an upgrade, but reloading the OS from the original DVD doesn't clean up the problem. To me, this is clearly an Apple problem but when I talk to them about it they tell me that since it is related to connecting to a Windows share that it isn't their problem.

I'm still interesting in knowing what /Network/<myWinShare> links to on a machine that works correctly (meaning, when clicking on "Connect", it actually mounts the Windows share).

This is the 2nd week I have an iMac at home and I had the same problem, at first it worked (other XP installation, used for my work) and then i also got these strange messages...

Fortunally i figured it out after hours!
Windows XP Home and Proffessional use Simple File Sharing, when enabled this restricts access to an windows share to only one user account, most probably the guest account..
When a computer is in a Windows domain, Simple File Sharing is disabled automatically because most shares in a company network use individual usernames and passwords and not a single guest account/password.

So go to your folder options in windows xp and change these settings, if you have windows xp home i guess you have to enable the guest account for that or do more research on this subject. Also change the password on that account to make sure..

Goodluck!

Still doesn't work.
 

o.k....this whole MAC to PC connection to server situation is happening to me with all the same issues. I used to connect when I was using Panther, but when I upgraded from Panther to Tiger I get all the "can't find alias" messages.

I really need some help here, because it's been taking way too much time out of my day.

Situation:

In FINDER, I click on GO and CONNECT TO SERVER. In text box, I type in "smb://[server_ip_address]/". I then hit the CONNECT button. Nothing happens.

In my NETWORK, the server folder is available. I click on the server folder and it opens up a list of available networks. I click on the network I want and I get the notorious message:

"The alias '[network name]' could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found."

-I've deleted all my Keychains.
-I've tried connecting by using the EditText.app method, but I get another message that says:

"The operation could not be completed because no application was found to open the Internet location file."

I'm quite frustrated with this whole process.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Re: 'Windows Sharing' Problem. Can't find alias.
 

Okay, I'm going out on a limb here with accusations.

I'm pretty convinced that Apple has no interest in solving this problem - because they can't reproduce it. They know way too much about how to set up internet connections between different types of systems.

What I think I know is this: To connect to a Windows system from the Mac, you use SMB. This is a Samba protocol. I'm sure that Windows has to be set up to use Samba as the method to share files on the Internet. I don't know how to do that. Any help here would be greatly appreciated. What I have been able to find out about configuring Samba on Windows XP Pro seems to be for connecting to a domain. That

When I use the &quot;Go->Connect to Server&quot; method, I get the following error message: &quot;The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in 'smb://<server-name>/C' could not be read or written (Error code - 36)&quot;.

Just plain weird.

Guh, was hoping this thread would have answers for me, but alas, it doesn't. I've tried pretty much everything in this thread and others, and nothing seems to help.

I'm trying to connect to Windows XP Pro using my MacBook Pro. The workgroup and computer show up, but I get the alias error after the login screen.

I'm pretty certain this problem started for me when I reformatted my PC and reinstalled Windows, so Apple may be right in attributing it to Windows. However, at the same time they do kind of promise easy networking with Windows machines, so it seems like they should do something about it.

You mean like explaining in Dummy detail how to make it work?

Concerning this tidbit:
smb://DOMAIN;USERNAME:PASSWORD@windows_IP_address/sharepoint_name
I just discovered recently that 'sharepoint_name' can be anything you wanted it to be, and all this time I thought it had to be the name of the directory I was attaching to on the XP system (what I thought was meant by 'sharepoint').

By the way, that tip did work - for a while. Doesn't work anymore. Don't know why.

This is why instructions need to be Dummy proof, replete with examples and explanations, which few people are want to spend time on.

So I'm still thinking that the Windows XP Pro system has to have something configured on it to make all this work.

Still, there's the gnawing error message that I get about a broken alias - and no one has yet told me how this can be fixed. See my earlier posts for details.

I agree that most things in life are microsoft's fault - but I get the same unfixable alias message and all I have is 2 macs and a belkin router

also on a dummy note..

smb://DOMAIN;USERNAME:PASSWORD@windows_IP_address/sharepoint_name

what's DOMAIN? - I didn't think my 2 mac network had a domain name?

thanks for anything

alas wrote:
smb://DOMAIN;USERNAME:PASSWORD@windows_IP_address/sharepoint_name

what's DOMAIN? - I didn't think my 2 mac network had a domain name?

Use the WORKGROUP name for DOMAIN.

And for what it's worth, this tip no longer works for me. I can still access the Mac from the PC, but not the other way around.