Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:47:22 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: samba and vista computers Message-ID: <20070329204722.GA20523@ayn.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <20070329152922.bd53ef57.gerry@interpool.ca> References: <20070329133040.380a1a63.gerry@interpool.ca> <20070329143656.2f65d638@localhost> <20070329145931.2096bf29.lists@interpool.ca> <20070329151438.6fabdc65@localhost> <20070329152922.bd53ef57.gerry@interpool.ca>
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On Thu, Mar 29, 2007, Gerald Freymann wrote: >On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:14:38 -0400 >Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> wrote: > >>I heard that Vista home was not designed for networking. You might be >>better served by checking out an MS News forum regarding this problem. I >>have often gotten better results regarding the use of MS products with >>non-MS products from there. > > Oh no, Vista Home Premium is fine for basic home networks. > > After searching samba.org, I believe issues with Vista and Vista printer >sharing are 'improved upon' in later releases, especially samba-3.0.25 >(and we are at 3.0.23). > > Since I can see the shares on the Xp box just fine, but can't see >anything on the Vista box, I think I'll likely end up waiting for a newer >release of Samba and trying again then. It sounds like a variation on an old Microsoft saying ``the jobs not done while Lotus(Samba) still runs''. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software, LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Democracy must be sometihng more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner -- James Bovard
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