how do I remotely log in to a XP box? samba for shares?

craptakular · 11 Jun 2008 at 09:58

Hi,

What program can i use to loginto a XP box, so that I can see the XP GUI?

What program do you recommend to have xp network shares permenantly mounted?

As you can see im a newbie

ringo747 · 11 Jun 2008 at 10:17

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx

Use this to remote desktop into windows machines.

Not sure about permanently mounting shares but if you do Cmd+K in finder then you can connect to server shares. On my network at home I have my fileshare box set to the same IP permanently so that I can always use the finder server connect function to quickly connect to share. If your machine has a different ip on the network then maybe you have to connect using the computer name instead but I didn't have much luck with that. I can use the machine name to connect on the MS Remote Desktop tool but not connecting to shares for some reason.

craptakular · 11 Jun 2008 at 10:44

thanks matey that looks like it will do the job!

when i have built the server ill give it a static ip through my router so it dont get confused.

ringo747 · 11 Jun 2008 at 11:06

No probs, you can try it using computer name instead of ip but i don't think that will work through osx. I'd be keen to know if there is anything to mount shares permanently on osx.

craptakular · 11 Jun 2008 at 11:12

ringo747 said:
No probs, you can try it using computer name instead of ip but i don't think that will work through osx. I'd be keen to know if there is anything to mount shares permanently on osx.

im sure i did this through samba a couple of years ago when i last experimented with osx.

I think I mounted them as network drives. I'll investigate

ringo747 · 11 Jun 2008 at 11:16

Yeah if you do cmd+k you can mount shares but you have to remount it ever time you start up the machine.

craptakular · 11 Jun 2008 at 11:16

http://lifehacker.com/software/mac-os-x/how-to-mount-a-windows-shared-folder-on-your-mac-247148.php

Think thats what I used. Im gonna start there though

ringo747 · 11 Jun 2008 at 11:21

That is how I add all my folder shares - the only bit I didn't know was to add it to login items - very handy to know!

craptakular · 11 Jun 2008 at 11:37

ringo747 said:
That is how I add all my folder shares - the only bit I didn't know was to add it to login items - very handy to know!

you gonna see if the auto mounting works now?

ringo747 · 11 Jun 2008 at 11:43

Oxy said:
you gonna see if the auto mounting works now?

Will do when I get home from work. One problem I had before was when I enter a username and password to authenticate and I tick the box to add to keychain. Next time I mount the share I have to reauthenticate. Its weird.

craptakular · 13 Jun 2008 at 07:11

ringo747 said:
Will do when I get home from work. One problem I had before was when I enter a username and password to authenticate and I tick the box to add to keychain. Next time I mount the share I have to reauthenticate. Its weird.

Did it work matey?

ringo747 · 25 Jun 2008 at 22:49

Yep - it sure does. Now when I log in a finder window for the share opens. Thanks!