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Connecting to A Windows Remote Desktop from Ubuntu

A useful feature of Windows is being able to connect to your desktop from another location to remotely manage your computer. While this functionality is native in Windows 7 and previous versions, it is not supported by default in many Linux distributions. However, using a simple tool called Gnome-RDP, I will show you how to connect to a Windows 7 remote desktop from an Ubuntu Linux desktop.

How to Access A Windows Shared Printer from Ubuntu

Anyone who utilizes multiple computers in a network with a single printer knows the importance of being able to share resources. In a previous tutorial, I explained how to access a Windows 7 shared folder from Ubuntu. However, the sharing doesn't stop there. In this tutorial, I will show you how to access printers that are shared from another Windows 7 computer.

How to Share OS X Folders with Windows 7

Sharing OS X folders with Windows machines has never been easier. Thanks to OS X’s built-in support for the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol, allowing read/write access to Windows 7 machines can be done with just a few tweaks in 'System Preferences'. After completing the steps in this tutorial, your Windows 7 machine should be able to see your Mac on a local network. You’ll be able to setup multiple shared folders, each with different read/write access. Let’s begin by setting up our OS X machine.

Accessing Shared Partitions from Ubuntu & Windows 7

It’s not uncommon for PC users to dual boot between two or more operating systems such as Windows 7 and Ubuntu. In previous tutorials, I’ve shown how to share files between Ubuntu and Windows 7 computers on a network using shared folders. However, in a setup where Linux and Windows co-exist on the same computer, using network shares to access files between the two operating systems isn’t quite as possible. This tutorial will show you how to set up a shared partition on your computer that both Windows 7 and Ubuntu can access.

Access Windows 7 Shared Folders from OS X via a Home Network

With Mac OS X Panther came a simplified networking experience, particularly when it comes to sharing folders and files with Windows machines. Enabling access to a computer running Windows 7 from a machine running OS X requires very little configuration. However, file and folder sharing between Windows 7 and OS X machines isn’t quite an 'out of the box' feature. Here’s what you need to do in order to make it work.

How to Access Ubuntu Shared Folders from Windows 7

In my last tutorial, I showed you how to connect to a Windows 7 shared folding using Ubuntu. But what if your shared folder is on your Ubuntu PC and you need to access it from Windows 7? This tutorial will explain how to access Ubuntu shared folders from a Windows 7 PC, and how to map the remote shared server to a local drive that you can access easily.

How to Access Windows 7 Shared Folders from Ubuntu

A common goal of setting up computers on a local network is being able to share files and folders. In order for file sharing to work, the computers must exist on the same network and workgroup, and the computer sharing files must have a folder configured with the proper permissions to allow other computers in the network to access it. In a previous tutorial I showed you how to set up Ubuntu on a workgroup using Samba so that they are in the same workgroup as your Windows computers. In this tutorial I will show you how you configure shared folders on your Windows 7 computer and access them from Ubuntu.

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