Well I'm back...
SOME SUCCESS!!
I can now see my entire (
extremely messy) Mac desktop on the Toshiba (XP Pro).
On the Tosh, I went Start ˃ My Network Places ˃ Entire Network ˃ Microsoft Windows Network and I saw Workgroup. So I double-clicked on that and to my surprise I saw Mac OSX (my-computer). A few clicks and there I was! So I can now copy files to the Mac.
Thing is I still can't log into the workgroup from the Mac which is what I would like to do.
I go Connect to Server.
Server Address:
smb://(Tosh IP address)
Click Connect, I get:
SMB/CIFS Filesystem Authentification
Enter username and password for (ME):
Workgroup/Domain: WORKGROUP
Username: This is where I'm confused. It comes up automatically with the Tosh computer/system name which is different to my account name. The account I'm using on the Tosh is Administrator with a simple password.
Password: The password which I login as Administrator on start-up.
The error msg I get on the Mac is:
The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" could not be read or written. (error code -36).
I know to an extent this has already been covered by previous replies but I'm trying to consolidate it.
I'm actually still unsure whether I should be using the Macs user details or the Tosh user details! I guess it doesn't really matter that I can't get into the PC from the Mac as least I can copy files to the Mac from the Tosh which was the idea. I would like to know what I was doing wrong though.
Is there another way of connecting to the PC? ie I'm using smb://etc etc.
When I get the files sorted out on the Mac I can then think about transferring them to the HP (Windows7).
Sorry about the long-winded post and hope I've made it clear where I am now. Thanks for all the assistance as I have partially fulfilled my aim!
