"Charlie Tame" <charlie@tames.net> wrote in message
news:eHtOf$CSKHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Gordon wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> "Charlie Tame" <charlie@tames.net> wrote in message
>> news:eYXOOqCSKHA.220@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
>>> wrote:
>>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
>>>>> "aa" <a@microsoft.ru> wrote in message
>>>>> news:u0YULZo%23JHA.200@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Nobody forced you to buy that HP
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Earle, if you read me carefully you will see that I do not complain
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> HP.
>>>>>> My complaint is about MS who forced HP to sell computers with VISTA
>>>>>> only.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [url]www.ubuntu.com[/url]
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wow, now I've seen everything, Mike Hall suggesting Ubuntu. :)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> And not the best time to do it since most Linux has just had it's
>>> networking ability (With Windows via Samba) destroyed by the Samba
>>> developers, or at least that is what it looks like from here...
>>>
>>> Supposedly a security issue, but all my Windows (Inc Vista) can see and
>>> manipulate the shares on the Linux machines with no trouble, the Linux
>>> machines however can't see anything except the workgroup, so the Windows
>>> machines are made more secure but the linux machines remain blissfully
>>> ignorant of the fact that they are being observed :)
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Ubuntu 9.04 will see XP shares but there seems to be a problem with
>> Windows 7......[/color]
>
>
> If you upgraded to 9.04 did you take the option to keep your Samba config
> or did you allow it to be changed? If you did, or you just installed 9.04
> as a new install then I am surprised the Samba (SMB:) shares can be
> seen... did you do anything to make that possible and if so what?[/color]

A fresh install of 9.04 Remix. Fully updated and no configuration changes
made to Samba. The XP shares can be seen and accessed as normal, after
giving the password....
Windows 7 machine is seen on the network, but can't be accessed - I just get
an endless loop of the log-in dialog box...