From: Adam Flinton 

Jeff Shultz wrote:

> Adam Flinton wrote:
>
>
>>Jeff Shultz wrote:
>>
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>>>>Wheeee! I want NFS on my Windows2k box.... Samba hasn't
been working with
>>>>it since the Mandrake 9.2 upgrade (but worked fine with a
Win98SE box I
>>>>had running temporarily).
>>>>
>>>>I can get around it one way with LinNeighborhood, but I
want to see my
>>>>Linux box from Windows again.
>>>>
>>>
>>>By the way, I just finished downloading this - I just went to
>>>Microsoft.com, put Unix in the search box and it was the first hit. One
>>>note: you do need a Passport account.
>>>But I did everything through Galeon on my Linux box.
>>
>>I know...the passport thing stopped me coz while I have one (for MSN
>>messenger via GAIM) I just couldn't remember it.
>>
>
> I'd set mine up recently to get back on MSN IM.
>
>
>>BTW what's up with your samba thingy as I've had 0 problemo with Mdk 9.0
>> > 9.2 & win2k & WinXP.....
>>
>
> No flipping clue. My Win2k machine sees the fact there is a machine there,
> at least enough to name it, but trying to go any further and it refuses to
> believe the Linux box exists.
> Win98SE otoh had no problem accessing the Linux box (it shouldn't, the thing
> is practically wide open via Samba.
>
what happens if you just type in the machinename\\ in the url bar?

Adam

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