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How do I connect to a Windows sharepoint? I am using the latest update of Tiger. Thanks.
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How do I connect to a Windows sharepoint?
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Dan Frakes 
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Posted 26 May 2006 - 10:52 AM
In the Finder, choose Connect to Server from the Go menu. Then type:
smb://workgroup;serveraddress/share/
where workgroup is the workgroup of the Windows share, serveraddress is the IP address (or domain name) of the computer hosting the share, and share is the share name.
smb://workgroup;serveraddress/share/
where workgroup is the workgroup of the Windows share, serveraddress is the IP address (or domain name) of the computer hosting the share, and share is the share name.
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 11:42 AM
Check out Apple's Bonjour for Mac & PC - great for sharing printers etc.
http://www.apple.com...atures/bonjour/
Here is an old post which may have some useful info:
Starting on the ThinkPad Win200Pro I right-clicked My Computer-Network Identification, wrote down the computer name and workgroup. Then I set up a user in Contol Panel-Users and Passwords and gave the user Power User setting - and wrote down the user and password. Downloaded Bonjour for Windows and installed it.
On the Mini 10.4.6 in System Preferences-selected Windows Sharing, Printer Sharing, Personal File Sharing. Then to Finder-Go and Connect to Server and put in smb://IP address/user/ The IP address is the LAN IP and not the IP I would get if I used whatismyip.com The user I set up previously on the ThinkPad. A dialog box asked for user and password for ThinkPad and then the Thinkpad mounted on the Mini desktop.
Now back to the Thinkpad. Launch Bonjour Print Wizard, which showed the Shared printer, I went through and let it select the driver and finished the setup. (I never used the Add Printer in Printers). Then in Start-Settings-Printers, right-click the new printer Properties- Advanced and selected Print directly to printer . Print a test page and PRESTO, it worked. With this way I also avoided using Gimp-Print.
----- update ---
recently installed a Brother MFC5440CN, the Thinkpad and my Macs (Powerbook, Mini) identified the printer immediately (bonjour) and all share it via my router, the Mini is ethernet & laptops wireless..
http://www.apple.com...atures/bonjour/
Here is an old post which may have some useful info:
Starting on the ThinkPad Win200Pro I right-clicked My Computer-Network Identification, wrote down the computer name and workgroup. Then I set up a user in Contol Panel-Users and Passwords and gave the user Power User setting - and wrote down the user and password. Downloaded Bonjour for Windows and installed it.
On the Mini 10.4.6 in System Preferences-selected Windows Sharing, Printer Sharing, Personal File Sharing. Then to Finder-Go and Connect to Server and put in smb://IP address/user/ The IP address is the LAN IP and not the IP I would get if I used whatismyip.com The user I set up previously on the ThinkPad. A dialog box asked for user and password for ThinkPad and then the Thinkpad mounted on the Mini desktop.
Now back to the Thinkpad. Launch Bonjour Print Wizard, which showed the Shared printer, I went through and let it select the driver and finished the setup. (I never used the Add Printer in Printers). Then in Start-Settings-Printers, right-click the new printer Properties- Advanced and selected Print directly to printer . Print a test page and PRESTO, it worked. With this way I also avoided using Gimp-Print.
----- update ---
recently installed a Brother MFC5440CN, the Thinkpad and my Macs (Powerbook, Mini) identified the printer immediately (bonjour) and all share it via my router, the Mini is ethernet & laptops wireless..
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Posted 31 May 2006 - 10:57 AM
Those answers will apply if you're talking about a Windows shared network drive... but you ran "sharepoint" together into one word, and I'm curious if you might have been referring to Microsoft SharePoint Services. Are you a web developer, attempting to maintain a SharePoint Services based website, per chance? If so, then you're going to be highly annoyed... To my knowledge, there are no Macintosh software products which connect to SharePoint. The only supported product for maintaining a SharePoint site is Microsoft FrontPage, and if the server has a current version of SharePoint on it, then you're going to need a current version of FrontPage.
(Of course, if you're not a web developer, then this probably doesn't apply to you at all, and all I've really managed to do is complicate the matter with yet more Microsoft terminology confusion. If that's the case... just ignore this post. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif)
(Of course, if you're not a web developer, then this probably doesn't apply to you at all, and all I've really managed to do is complicate the matter with yet more Microsoft terminology confusion. If that's the case... just ignore this post. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif)
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