For some reason this doesn't happen instantly. Go back to the WINS settings and make sure OSX has set the workgroup name.You can specify the privileges of each user next to the user name. Click done and then add the folders you want to share using the and buttons at the bottom of the window, and also the users.(It does no harm to also click AFP (Apple File Protocol) for sharing with other OSX machines.) With file sharing highlighted, Click the options button under File Sharing (at the right) and select Share Files and folders using SMB (Windows) and select the user(s) for which sharing is to be enabled.Check the things you want to share (minimally file sharing).Say OK to all of that, and then go back to System Preferences and choose Sharing.Click WINS and set the NetBios name of the machine to whatever you like, and the Workgroup to the same workgroup as the Windows machine.(I believe you can access machines on different subnets, but you have to search for the full IP address rather than just the name of the computer.) , where XXX is the identifier for the subnet and YYY is the identifier for the machine. Click TCP/IP and make sure you're on the same IP subnet as the Windows machine: i.e.Go back to System Preferences and select Network.Just click 'Login Options' at the bottom of the list of users You can, if you like, set up automatic login as Malkeleah described for Windows.Set up a user with the same username and password as on the Windows machine (there is a padlock at the bottom left that you might have to click to allow you to make changes - this appears for almost all of the settings in System Preferences).It looks like you might have to be using Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate to make the file sharing work.You'll need the workgroup to set up your OSX machine. You can changes these if you have administrative privileges click 'Change Settings' just to the right of the Computer Name. The name and workgroup of your PC are shown. Identify the workgroup of your Windows machine by going to Control Panel>System and Security>System.Make sure your firewall allows traffic on your subnet(s) to pass through.Do not use 'Homegroup' (this has a knack for messing up your manual network settings).Turn ON sharing in the Public folder sharing section.Go to Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>Network and Sharing Center and click on 'Change advanced sharing settings' and set the following for whatever sort of network you're on (presumably Home or Work).What other info do you need? I have also tried this which I found online, it didn't work.

I can't get the Mac mini server to show up on the windows computer. The windows 7 computer I need to connect is in another part of the office. The Mac mini server is set up in our server room connected to a windows desktop via ethernet.

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