Help logging into Windows 2000 computer

[rich32270]

I have been trying all of the different fixes I have read on this board for logging into my windows 2000 computer from OSX. I haven't done it yet!!!!

my ip address for my windows 2000 computer is:

192.168.1.101

and the computer name is p4win2k

I have tried

smb://192.168.1.101/p4win2k/

I then get a box to come up:

SMB/SIFS Filesystem Authentication

workgroup/domain
username
password

On my windows 2000 computer, the only password is when I turn on the computer. Administrator comes up in the box as the user name, and all I have to do is hit return and not type in a password. I have no idea what to type in here. This is the furthest I have been along the way.

When I type in Administrator and hit return I get a box with: (error=-36)

thanks for any help
rich

[Dizzo1212]

Well, this worked for me

On your PC, right click on one of your main hard drives and select the properties. go the the sharing tab. If it has that $ in front of the name, try "unshare" then apply and then "Share" and apply.

This worked for me when I was having trouble connecting to my PC. The $ should be gone after this.

On a side note, just yesterday it stopped working. I can still see the PC on the network, and even PING to it. but it just searches forever when I try to log in??

Good luck

[hakalugi]

getting rid of the default shrares isn't a good idea.

nor is sharing folder(s) w/ a blank password.

1) create a new (non admin) user on your win2k machine. give it a username and a password (like username: mac password: apple)
2) create a new folder on your system, like c:\shared
3) on your new folder- right-click -> properties, sharing, choose a name to use (again, use a single-word like 'shared') for the 'permissions' add this new user with read/write permissions.
4) still from the win2k machine, create a new (text) file in the c:\shared folder (like test.txt

go to your mac, and try and connect as before (you might have to add the 'volume' or share name to your statement below ("smb://192.168.1.101/p4win2k/shared") use the mac/apple account and see if you can connect.

see if you can 1) read the file, 2) modify the file

[eravau]

You should be able to cut the name of the computer out of the URL. Just use smb://192.168.1.101

As for the username and password, etc....make your username Administrator, password blank and domain p4win2k. I would recommend setting up a username and password, though (as hakalugi suggested).