This tutorial describes the steps needed to share files and folders between Windows Vista and Mandriva Linux machines.
If you have both Windows Vista and Mandriva Linux machines and you want them to share files, you can setup file sharing between the two easily.
 
Before the two computers can share any file or folder, both machines must fulfill some basic requirements. These requirements form the basic rule that governs file sharing between any two systems.

Both machines must be in the same IP subnet
Both machines must be in the same Workgroup
Both machines must use the same communication protocol

When the above…

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