Sharing SMB
From a MS Windows PC (Vista or 7).
Workgroup users ("Guest" access to the shares)
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Open a new window by clicking the Windows key
+ e. In the window address bar type \\sincro-share and the following new window will appear:
From a MS Windows PC (2000 or XP).
Workgroup users ("Guest" access to the shares)
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Open Network Neighborhood
, find the SINCRONET workgroup 
(if needed) and double-click on the SINCRO-SHARE 
machine.
OR
Right-click on "My Network Places", then "Search for Computers..." and search for SINCRO-SHARE. Finally double click on it.
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If Windows asks you for a Username and Password, type "guest" in the "Connect As" textbox, and leave the "Password" field empty, as shown in the next picture, then press "OK".
- Being a guest, it's likely you'll use the "Public" share. This is a temporary public area: remember to regularly clean up the files you do not use any more, we cannot guarantee for them if they take too much space. If you need to access a read-only area maintained by somebody else, you'll probably need to go to the "Private" share.
Domain users ("authenticated" access to the shares)
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If your Windows machine is operating in the SINCRONET Domain, you can simply follow the given instructions for the Workgroup case.
- If you are a Domain User with a machine configured in a Workgroup fashion, the fastest and safer way to use this file service by a Domain User is to map it onto one or more "drives".
Start with the usual right-click on My Network Places (or Network Neighbourhood), then select "Map Network Drive".
Go on by selecting a free drive in your machine and a share on SINCRO-SHARE (Private or Public). It is useful to check the "Reconnect at logon" checkbox: you won't need to redo these operations.
Before clicking "Finish", go to the "Connect using a different user name" dialog box, give your Domain username and your password (be sure to fully qualify it as user.name@elettra.eu for Windows 2000 or above).
Now use your mapped drive as it was a local hard disk. Repeat these steps for every share you need to access (e.g., Public).
