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#37250 - 03/11/09 06:53 PM I am a computer scientist
Jaco Moderator Offline
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But I tell nobody this, because I do not know how to fix computers. I don't even know how to USE windows aside from the intuitive (which isn't very much)

Today I tried to share a 2 gig file I downloaded on my iMac to my room mates Windows Vista laptop. So I go to Sharing in system prefs, turn on file sharing, make sure my public folder is shared, and make sure the file is in the public folder.

Great. I check with my other room mates ibook. E Z P Z, my imac is listed and all is gravy.

I load up Vista and I'm immediately lost. I make sure file sharing is enabled, and I go to the network panel where my imac should be listed. It's not listed.
I try to connect to afp://xx.xx.xx.xx/ where the x's are my IP in Internet Explorer. No go.

I give up. I look like a fucking idiot with a stupid piece of paper hanging on my wall.

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#37251 - 03/11/09 07:15 PM Re: I am a computer scientist [Re: Jaco]
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It's not your fault, networking in Vista with anything but another Vista machine is retardedly complicated. Even Vista to XP is hard to get working. And when you do, there's no guarantee the connection won't crap out half way through your transfer.
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#37253 - 03/11/09 10:02 PM Re: I am a computer scientist [Re: jack_DENIAL]
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Enable windows sharing. Your windows machine doesn't speak AFP.
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#37255 - 03/11/09 10:14 PM Re: I am a computer scientist [Re: +Cube]
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 Originally Posted By: +Cube
Enable windows sharing. Your windows machine doesn't speak AFP.

it probably doesn't speak FTP
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#37256 - 03/12/09 09:42 AM Re: I am a computer scientist [Re: Tyr]
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E Z P Z.. I like it
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