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Hi there. Yes, I am going to the other side, to download Windows Media player, so I can watch wmv files. Anyway, I went to macdownloads and downloaded it. It's a sitx file. I tried opening it with Stuffit Expander. Should I try a different app? When I try using Stuffit, it gives me a message...

I have 3 OSX 10.3. macs, and i have now had this problem on 2 of them. When logging on to the system, as soon as i click on any file or folder on the desktop, the mac freezes and i have to reboot. If i open an application and select my first file i have no problems what so ever. i can then go...

Hi all, I need some help! My girlfriends brother has a macintosh desktop that connects to the net through a dial up modem. She wants to share the dial up connection wirelessly from a Windows XP laptop. Is it possible to connect a wireless router into the network card of the mac and access...

I have set up private folders on a windows 2000 server. they are assigned individual permissions for one person only. this person has a defined account and password. there are no inherited permissions. I can access this folder from ANY osx box and cant figure out why this is. need to have the...

Hi allll i'd basically like to configure an 'Apple iBook' to conect to a desktop computer running 'WINDOWS XP' via wireless connection and share the 56k connection the desktop uses. dont ask why i'm wanting to share the shitty 56k connection. hehe. its cuz this is for someone else who lives...

I recently bought a new external, and wanted to erase my older one and make it ready for my husband to use with his windows machines. I used disk utility, told it to erase and in the drop down box chose Windows (can't remember exactly what else it said, but it was the only option that mentioned...

We have this problem: AG5 Mac OSX need to mount windows server 2003 volume via AFP, because Creative Suite 2 need this type of volume. When I go to "connect-to-server" and I use: afp://ipaddress, the error code -35 "volume not found" return to me. In my server 2003 I Installed service...

I work at a public school, we run a windows 2003 domain with pc's as workstations. Students login to the domain and have a private folder mapped over for saving files. We recently added a lab of 24 imacs running os X and would like the students to login to the macs and still have the same...

I am trying to hook my new mac up to print from the printer attached to my wife's machine. I can find it, I can pick it, and it shows up as my default printer. When I print to it, it sure enough fires up a print queue, which prints a couple lines of garbage text (I was trying to print the word...

Hi, I have a Windows XP server with 3 shared volumes on it. I can connect to 2 of them, but when I try to connect to the third one (via Finder's Connect to Server option), I got the message: "You are already connected to this server volume". It is not mounted however, it does not show on...

I don't get this! for months i've been trying to install windows media player for mac osx (9.0) on my g5... every time i try to use it, it imediately crashes!!! w/tiger 10.4.2! i've downloaded it several times, restarted my computer, and it doesn't even turn on, before it crashes! i get so...

We are running a network of windows 2003 servers and mainly PCs. Students login to the network and have a private folder mapped over via login script. We have recently added a lab of imacs running os X to the network. I plan to use the active directory utility to allow the students to...

Talk about a love-hate relationship. Well here is the problem. I have a xserve dual boot G5 that is running 10.3.9. I have created various shares on it mainly CD images that allow the computer lab to function. There is also a share point that teachers are able to dump and retrive information...

When I try to open a wmv file I get a message, "The application Windows Media Player quit unexpectedly. I've tried to open Windows Media Player by itself and get the same message. I have a 550Mz G4 PowerBook with the Tiger OS. I have 512 MB RAM and a 60 Gigs HD. Any suggestions? Thanks...

I would like to print through a Windows PC (running 2000) on an Epson Stylus Photo R300. I am running 10.4.2, the only Mac in an office of PCs, and it can recognize every other printer in the network, HP Laserjets and Deskjets. But we have hooked up this new printer to the PC and clicked on...

If I copy a folder to my mac from another machine, or if I create files in it via the command-line, the Finder won't show the files in the window. I can close it, open again, get info on it, etc. and the files still won't show. I did figure out yesterday that I can drop another file into it...

Hello there, I have a 15" G4 PowerBook which runs on OS X Tiger... I tried to use Windows Media Player for OS X and after successful installation, when I tried booting the Windows Media Player, it didn't work. This is what I got from the error report: Date/Time: 2005-10-09...

My fiance just recently got a iBook G4. She doesn't have a printer of her own but wants to access my HP All-in-One printer that I have shared from my Windows XP machine on our network. I did some research and came across...

I double click on my boot disc, go to applications arrange them by name in Icon form ( I like that ) instead of list form. Close the window. Next time up the opening window is as was the first time (small and with another arrangement) click the applications (or library,System,Users, and the...

Hi, I have mac os x 10.4 server installed. Im hosting a ftp server. UNIX and MAC os user can connect to it without problem. Windows (XP) user can connect to it but they can't see any of the files in the server. It happens when they use an ftp client like smartftp or other, if they use...