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

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.

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

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

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?

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?