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Do I have to keep the web browser open to share folders in Tonido?
Using Tonido to share folders, it opens the web browser, which acts like a file manager. After sharing, must I keep the browser open in order to keep the share link alive, or is the Tonido active tray ...
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Windows 8 create share on mounted ISO at startup
I have recently found someone who posted a registry setting that auto mounts an ISO on Windows 8 Pro at start-up.
This is great because it allows me to mount my Office install disc which I can then ...
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How to share Internet connection of VMWare guest with host in VMWare Player?
I have a cheap 3G Internet stick with no driver support for my current operating system, yet that is currently my only way to get online. I had no trouble getting a connection with VMWare Player and ...
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user's home folders, best method? (Windows/AD)
Im doing a Active Directory cleanup, as well as cleaning up the file sever serving the corporate shares.
I have always used the method of opening up the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC. ...
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Use the internet connection of a remote desktop without VPN
I live in Iran, and due to my country's Internet policies, I am unable to use a VPN connection to a server outside the country. Without VPN access, how can I connect to my server outside Iran in order ...
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Best way to let others put a file in my desktop via Internet
My friend who is in charge of a printing store wants others to be able to send files to him. Normally we email pdf files to his email account. The problem with this is he need to manually download the ...
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Sharing Google Calendar with wife so she can see it on iPhone [migrated]
So I have two calendars that I share with my wife. One is normal (which she can see all details for) and the other (my counseling calendar) is for my therapy client schedule. I want her to be able to ...
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Sharing a folder with full access in Windows 7
I have the following situation:
I need to share a folder in the root of drive C: on a Windows 7 machine.
The share should provide read/write access for anybody on other machines on the local ...
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Mounting Windows drive in Linux
In Ubuntu 12.04, I have a Windows 2008 Server running in Virtal Box.
I have a directory set up to mount (/media/windows) which is chmod 777.
When I mount the share from the Windows server, the profile ...
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Ubuntu home shared with windows, files missing
I have a pc in dual boot with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x64 and Windows 7 x64. I have the /home folder (ubuntu's) in its own ext2 partition and I read and write it with ubuntu and windows.
I access the /home ...
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Share monitor keyboard from desktop to laptop
I always bring my laptop with me; as I have no mobile and email is my only mean of communication with friends/family.
When I need to check my mail I usually do it SSHing from my work machine to my ...
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Give full permission to files inside a shared folder in Windows XP
I want to share a folder on my Windows XP PC and let everyone read or write or delete the files in shared folder. However when I use another Windows 7 PC access the folder and want to copy or cut the ...
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What is the best way to play a video located on another computer in LAN?
I've got a desktop with a 500GB harddisc with some movies. I would like to play a video from it on my laptop which has only 64GB SSD and is in another room, but on the same LAN.
For now both ...
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Can't join or create homegroup in Windows 7
This is getting ridiculous. Basically, I can't join a pre-existing homegroup or create one by myself.
This is the story:
2 computers are involved, both of them running W7.
Computer A was connected ...
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Share VirtualBox VDI between computers over network
I have been working inside a Windows7 virtual machine using VirtualBox installed on my Windows7 OS on my primary PC. I would like to share that VM on my home network so that I can access the same VM ...
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How to access remote desktop (like SSH -X) in a windows system?
I've been struggling all around the interwebz and I couldn't find any useful answer.
I have a computer with a Windows OS that has some software that I just can't run on GNU/Linux.
But in GNU/Linux, to ...
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Windows 7 to Windows XP file sharing permissions issue
I have a Windows 7 machine set up as a simple data file sharing system. I have 8 folders being shared between multiple machines. The issue I am having is that after a while, any Windows XP client ...
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Share Wi-Fi connection over Ethernet?
I have a Laptop with WiFi and a PC with Ethernet.
On my laptop I connect to the Internet with a broadband connection on a Wi-Fi network (Wi-Fi does not have Internet Access directly).
Can I share ...
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Sharing wifi using Mac mini, Mountain Lion, using BearExtender (source), and ethernet to router
I have a Mac mini, Mountain Lion, and use BearExtender usb (yagi antenna) as the wifi source, and currently airport to share wifi to other devices. Signal strength is 99% and speed is 1+ mps for other ...
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Howto setup Internet Connection Sharing with static IPs
I got the following setup:
One client Windows-PC with a fixed IP 10.0.0.10, one Host with 2 LAN adapters (fixed 10.0.0.20 and DHCP 192.168.0.xxx). I'd like to share the network connection of the host ...
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Mac Pro Lion 10.7.5 will not receive bluetooth file from Macbook Leopard 10.5.8
Since late 2008, I have been running a 2.2GHz / 3,1 / 4GB MacBook, now at 10.5.8. A few days ago I bought a 2.66 GHz / 1,1 / 6GB Mac Pro, now at 10.7.5. I can not seem to get the Lion Mac Pro to ...
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How can I take a single hotel Wifi connection and share it out amongst devices via Wifi?
Many hotels these days still have pretty dreadful Wifi. Often the worst offender is the "you still only have one Wifi device, right?" assumption; you get a username/password combo, and using it on ...
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How can I add a networked hard drive to my shared internet network?
I'm living in Panama and the WIFI I'm connecting to is barely in range. I have my main work laptop set up at the side of the house with the best signal. I've used the steps from this page: (Setting up ...
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dropbox folder sharing - options for email address is not there after upgrade to windows 7
I have just been upgraded to Windows 7.
Now my dropbox folders are no longer sharing and the option to share with another email address is no longer there?
Please help..IT struggler!
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Shared printer asking for password
I have set up printer sharing on a Windows 8 machine. The printer is working from Windows 8 as a local printer. However, other clients (running Windows 7) on the network cannot see it.
I have tried ...
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Sharing documents using dropbox
I need to share some documents with some other collaborators and (that's important) I need to know when a file was last modified and who modified it.
I was wondering if Dropbox could be the solution, ...
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homegroup access through multiple wireless routers
I have two wireless routers connected to each other at home. I have a homegroup established in one of them. I want the computers connected to the other router to be able to "see" the homegroup. Is ...
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RT-N65R 3g sharing setup
I have an Asus RT-N65R wireless router, When setting up the 3g USB modem, it asks for the ISP. The ISP isn't listed.
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How to set up Windows for guest file sharing from Mac?
I'd like to have a file share on my Windows 8 computer so that I can connect to it as a guest from a Mac OS X 10.8. Authenticated file sharing works fine, but I'm trying to set up guest file sharing.
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sharing folders not via web [closed]
Is there a way of selectively sharing folders hierarchically? What I ean is - could I share folders to different people without them having to access the folders via web-browser, but solely via the ...
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Can access some subfolders of a shared folder, but not others
I have an XP machine sharing a folder on my home network. I am accessing this folder from a Win8 computer on the same network. For the most part, this works. But there are a few cases where trying ...
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How do I prevent someone spamming a Linux public folder?
I recently created a Public folder for my user on samba. I have it set up so that anyone can access it on my network(it's just me and a couple other computers). How do I prevent the other computers ...
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adding external drive to VirtualBox issue
I am trying to get an external USB drive to connect with my VirtualBox. My setup is XP, VirtualBox 4.2.6 (latest) and Ubuntu 12.04 in virtual. Per this thread I was not able to locate or recognize ...
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Recovering Shared Files
I was sent a folder through dropbox that is supposed to contain several deleted files. My job is to restore them. The person who sent them to me can click the trashcan icon and retrieve these files. ...
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Removing sharing account folder from workgroup network sharing in windows 7
I have enabled network sharing for my printer and public folder in my workgroup network, which is required for me to share. But my account folder is also got shared over the same workgroup network, ...
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Share printer with active directory? [closed]
In Windows Server, if I want that clients can use a printer....
What's the difference between these?
Install a printer server
Deploy printers with Group Policy
Share Printer
Cheers
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NFS Share in Windows - Drives mapped as folders
I am relatively new to Linux (Ubuntu Server 12.0.4.1), but I am learning quickly. I currently have a Windows 2008 R2 file server set up (not ready yet to change that to Linux, but have plans). The ...
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Sharing internet connection by using a wireless modem
i have one ethernet cable and one ip adress for per pc at work, i need to use only this ip address and dns to connect internet. I've bought a new laptop and i want to connect it to the internet too ...
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Best approach for sharing files between Windows computers on LAN
I've read a tons of solutions for sharing files between Windows computers, but I would like to know what is the best one for my case. Hope someone else will also gain from this.
I would like to share ...
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How should I organize hard drive to share a drive if I use both Linux and Windows?
I use Linux for most of the things but I still need Windows sometimes. So, I have Linux Mint 14 and Windows 8 installed (dual-booting) on my computer.
Here's a screenshot of the output of sudo fdisk ...
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How to share (via network) linux linked content?
I have a director called Public.
It's a shared dir in network.
I also have a file doc.odt in dir docs
I'd like to share the doc.odt file thourgh the link.
So i've done this:
ln -s ~/docs/doc.odt ...
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Windows 7 wired networking problems
I have a desktop playing the role of a server, which is always on and runs Windows 7 Ultimate. ICS runs here to give internet access to all the computers in the house. It has a Gbit net port.
There ...
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Share printer windows 8 using XP on Hyper-V
I use a stand alone Dell with Windows 8 Pro. I have set up Windows XP with Hyper-v using a shared drive. How do I set up a shared printer that will print from the XP programs that are running on ...
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OSX AppleScript mount SMB Share using the Guest user
I know how to do it with an AFP share thusly:
mount volume "afp://;AUTH=NO%20USER%20AUTHENT@NAS_AB01(AFP)._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Images"
How do you do it with an SMB share?
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Unable to connect to Windows 8 PC via network
I installed an upgrade of a clean copy from Windows 7 to Windows 8. After this, I am unable to connect to the PC via network from both a Windows and Mac OS X Machine. I am able to see the PC on the ...
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share folder between desktop and laptop which shares internet
I've a laptop with xp and a desktop with windows 7.
I shared the wireless internet of my laptop to my desktop using a cable. This all works fine.
Now the problem is that if i make a shared folder on ...
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Changing Drivers on Printer Shares
Quick question - I have a printer shared out from a workstation with a handful of users connecting to it via the Share. If I change the driver on the share (for example, from a model specific HP to ...
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Windows 7 share not accessible from OSX - how to debug
I have a Win7 machine and a shared directory on that. Users log on via a domain. This all works fine from another Windows client, but not from Macs at all (Lion or Mountain Lion). The OSX error ...
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Internet Sharing on Lion breaks my routing table
When in the office, I'm connected to a 192.168.1.0/24 network. When Internet Sharing is off, when I run
netstat -nr
the first entry shows
default 192.168.1.254 UGSc 10 ...
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Windows could not set up internet connection sharing (ICS)
I'm trying to make an ad-hoc network for personal uses.. while creating it, it was created but when i tried to turn internet sharing on i got this error Windows could not set up internet connection ...
