This brief tutorial will show you how to easily enable file sharing between Windows XP and Fedora 14, codename Laughlin. When you enable file sharing between the two systems, both machines will be able to view and access shares from each other. While Windows uses SMB (Server Message Block) Fedora uses Samba to share files with Windows.
This is Part Two of our Windows Tips series about removing nasty viruses and spyware from one’s computer. To read Part One of this series, click here.
In Part One we showed you how to remove viruses by logging into ‘Safe Mode’ and installing Malwarebytes. In this article, I’ll show you how to protect your computer after getting rid of viruses so that you do not repeat the same mistake. There are many good security software that can help you, but I have used Comodo Free Internet Security Suite and has worked over the years for me.
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This brief tutorial will show you how to create a share in Windows and automatically mount it everytime you login in Ubuntu Lucid or Maverick. This is another way to access documents or data stored on your Windows machine from your Ubuntu systems.
This tutorial will show you how to quickly access Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 shares from Ubuntu Lucid or Maverick. Enabling sharing between Windows and Ubuntu has never been this easy. When file sharing is enabled, both systems will be able to view, modify and transfer data.
Yesterday I tried to watch a DVD movie on my Windows machine but didn’t have the right codecs to get it working. So I shared the CD/DVD drive in Windows and mounted it in Ubuntu and before I was able to watch the movie. If you want to learn how to share Windows’ CD/DVD drive and mount in Ubuntu, then this brief tutorial will show you how to do it.
Using this, one could access the content of a CD/DVD disc in Windows from Ubuntu and play music, watch movies or copy it.
This brief tutorial will show you how to mount Windows’ shares in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx from the command line or console. This is useful if you want to quickly mount shares or using Ubuntu Server without the GUI.
This quick tutorial will show you how to easily connect to Ubuntu Lucid or Maverick via Windows Remote Desktop Connection. Since Remote Desktop is already installed on Windows, there’s no need to install additional tools to connect to Ubuntu. Using XRDP Server in Ubuntu, you can no connect to Ubuntu from Windows using Remote Desktop.
This brief tutorial will show you how to mount or map Ubuntu Lucid’s CD/DVD drive in Windows to access its contents. Whether you want to play audio or video from a DVD or CD drive mounted on your Ubuntu machine, I’ll show you how to map that CD/DVD Drive in Windows to read its contents.
