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Thanks for the virus tip. I’ll make sure Firewall is checked.

My son does have his own user name and he doesn’t know mine, but he’s so happy to have a computer in his room, he hasn’t noticed yet that he can’t get on the Mac. He also doesn’t seem to have noticed that this networking problem means that I can see everything on his computer, but he can’t see anything on mine. (!) Wonder how long that will last…

Thanks for the virus tip. I’ll make sure Firewall is checked.

My son does have his own user name and he doesn’t know mine, but he’s so happy to have a computer in his room, he hasn’t noticed yet that he can’t get on the Mac. He also doesn’t seem to have noticed that this networking problem means that I can see everything on his computer, but he can’t see anything on mine. (!) Wonder how long that will last…

By the by, I got my eMac for $799 and MS Office for the Mac for an additional $149. So for less than $1,000 I have a complete system! And of course, the Mac doesn’t need things like virus protection, since viruses don’t work on the Mac. Add on the attractive fact that Kazaa and Napster also don’t work on Mac — my son hates this feature as much as I love it — and I’m a pretty happy camper, outside of this annoying printer thing.

Cheers,

By the by, I got my eMac for $799 and MS Office for the Mac for an additional $149. So for less than $1,000 I have a complete system! And of course, the Mac doesn’t need things like virus protection, since viruses don’t work on the Mac. Add on the attractive fact that Kazaa and Napster also don’t work on Mac — my son hates this feature as much as I love it — and I’m a pretty happy camper, outside of this annoying printer thing.

Cheers,

Thanks, Chris. Although for the money (~$85) I can buy a whole nother printer for my son’s computer to use!

I do have a few more tricks to try before I give up completely, like downloading all the service patches and making the passwords for the 2 machines match, so there’s still some room for experimentation. I did get referred to an article specifically about getting a PC to print to a printer on a Mac, but it had lots of technical details (something about SAMBA, for example) with which I was unfamiliar. The article says that without downloading specialized code and stuff, there’s no way to make the connection work.

It’s discouraging. But once my tolerance for aggravation increases again, I might try it all out.

Thanks,

Thanks, Chris. Although for the money (~$85) I can buy a whole nother printer for my son’s computer to use!

I do have a few more tricks to try before I give up completely, like downloading all the service patches and making the passwords for the 2 machines match, so there’s still some room for experimentation. I did get referred to an article specifically about getting a PC to print to a printer on a Mac, but it had lots of technical details (something about SAMBA, for example) with which I was unfamiliar. The article says that without downloading specialized code and stuff, there’s no way to make the connection work.

It’s discouraging. But once my tolerance for aggravation increases again, I might try it all out.

Thanks,

Yes, after reading the last article you linked, I think that connecting from the PC to a USB printer on the Mac is more daunting than I can stand. Of course, since I can mount the PC C drive onto my Mac, I can print things by simply opening the PC files on my Mac and then printing. It’s cumbersome, but since the PC is used by my teenage son, he’ll have to deal with it, not me!

It still seems like it should be easier, but we are talking about Microsoft, after all. What else should I expect?

Thanks for the help!

Yes, after reading the last article you linked, I think that connecting from the PC to a USB printer on the Mac is more daunting than I can stand. Of course, since I can mount the PC C drive onto my Mac, I can print things by simply opening the PC files on my Mac and then printing. It’s cumbersome, but since the PC is used by my teenage son, he’ll have to deal with it, not me!

It still seems like it should be easier, but we are talking about Microsoft, after all. What else should I expect?

Thanks for the help!

Thanks Chris and Bowlie,
Well, I’ve made some progress, but I’m still stymied. Now the Mac can see the PC and the PC can see the Mac. In addition, from the Mac I can connect to the PC by using the PC’s IP address, entering the PC username and password, and then mounting the PC’s C drive on my Mac. Then I can see all the files on the PC.

But from the other direction, when I go to the PC and open Network Neighborhood and double click on the Mac Icon, I get a window entitled Enter Network Password. This window has two lines: the top one says Resource: EMACIPC$ and the next line says Password:, followed by the ubiquitous textbox into which I am supposed to enter the password. This window does not ask for a username. No matter what I put in as a password, when I hit OK, it tells me “Incorrect Password. Please try again.” I’ve tried my Mac password, my PC password, the word “password”, the word “admin”, and leaving it blank. No luck.

According to the article you referred me to, the usernames for the two computers have to be the same, so I tried that, and still no luck. My PC contacts say the PC is set up correctly, and they don’t know what password the Mac needs. Apple says that the Mac is set up correctly, and the problem is with the PC. (!)

I’m leaning towards believing that this is a Microsoft problem. Somewhere there’s a Network Password I’m supposed to put in to satisfy Microsoft, but I don’t know what it is or where to get it. I have tried deleting all the *.pwl files and starting over fresh with a new (same as Mac) username and a new password, but still no luck.

All I get from either Windows or Mac people is finger pointing! No solutions! I have even thought of simply moving the printer up to the PC and accessing it from the Mac, but the room with the PC is too small to fit the printer in it.

It seems to me that the solution shouldn’t have to be house-unheaval. There must be a simple way to figure out what password is needed.

Help! Help!

Thanks Chris and Bowlie,
Well, I’ve made some progress, but I’m still stymied. Now the Mac can see the PC and the PC can see the Mac. In addition, from the Mac I can connect to the PC by using the PC’s IP address, entering the PC username and password, and then mounting the PC’s C drive on my Mac. Then I can see all the files on the PC.

But from the other direction, when I go to the PC and open Network Neighborhood and double click on the Mac Icon, I get a window entitled Enter Network Password. This window has two lines: the top one says Resource: EMACIPC$ and the next line says Password:, followed by the ubiquitous textbox into which I am supposed to enter the password. This window does not ask for a username. No matter what I put in as a password, when I hit OK, it tells me “Incorrect Password. Please try again.” I’ve tried my Mac password, my PC password, the word “password”, the word “admin”, and leaving it blank. No luck.

According to the article you referred me to, the usernames for the two computers have to be the same, so I tried that, and still no luck. My PC contacts say the PC is set up correctly, and they don’t know what password the Mac needs. Apple says that the Mac is set up correctly, and the problem is with the PC. (!)

I’m leaning towards believing that this is a Microsoft problem. Somewhere there’s a Network Password I’m supposed to put in to satisfy Microsoft, but I don’t know what it is or where to get it. I have tried deleting all the *.pwl files and starting over fresh with a new (same as Mac) username and a new password, but still no luck.

All I get from either Windows or Mac people is finger pointing! No solutions! I have even thought of simply moving the printer up to the PC and accessing it from the Mac, but the room with the PC is too small to fit the printer in it.

It seems to me that the solution shouldn’t have to be house-unheaval. There must be a simple way to figure out what password is needed.

Help! Help!

Well…..I don’t think they’re really networked, yet, although they theoretically are. On the PC, when I go to Network Neighborhood, the PC doesn’t see any computers at all — not even itself. So I guess that means that TCP/IP is working, since the PC can see the Internet (as can the Mac), but there’s something rotten in Denmark somewhere, since the most basic networking is missing. This may well be because, in my desperate attempt to make this work, I randomly changed settings in the network window and other places. (sigh)
The Mac appears to be all set. I’ve configured it for printer sharing, and it’s happy. I don’t know, however, how to make the Mac look for the PC, so I don’t know if there’s more to do on that end.
Any ideas? Thanks so much!!!

Well…..I don’t think they’re really networked, yet, although they theoretically are. On the PC, when I go to Network Neighborhood, the PC doesn’t see any computers at all — not even itself. So I guess that means that TCP/IP is working, since the PC can see the Internet (as can the Mac), but there’s something rotten in Denmark somewhere, since the most basic networking is missing. This may well be because, in my desperate attempt to make this work, I randomly changed settings in the network window and other places. (sigh)
The Mac appears to be all set. I’ve configured it for printer sharing, and it’s happy. I don’t know, however, how to make the Mac look for the PC, so I don’t know if there’s more to do on that end.
Any ideas? Thanks so much!!!

Thanks, Steve! That did the trick. I knew about the F8 to step through, but I hadn’t thought to make the window smaller so I could see what was going on in the spreadsheet.

Ah, these little tidbits of information make all the difference!

Thanks, Steve! That did the trick. I knew about the F8 to step through, but I hadn’t thought to make the window smaller so I could see what was going on in the spreadsheet.

Ah, these little tidbits of information make all the difference!

Wow! I just downloaded CodeStuff’s Starter and ran it, and it worked great! What a terrific piece of info!
Thanks very much,