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Desktops, and laptops will use Windows file sharing to access files. Your primary way to do this is to connect to one or more shares which have been setup for storage. If you are on a Mac, you can connect to a share by opening a finder window. Then go to the "Go" menu, and choose "Connect to Server...". Then enter the address

replacing SHARE with the name of a share that you are allowed to access. Please consult your lab head, or another lab member for the SHARE which you should be using. When prompted enter your user name, and password (note that the user name can be entered either by itself or in the form files\username). Once you are connected a disk will appear. Depending on which version of Mac OSX you have either a disk will appear on your desktop, or else it will appear in a Finder window. To disconnect from the server, first close any applications which are using files stored on the server. Then either drag the disk to the trash, or in the Finder window click the eject button.

If you are using a PC, then you should go to My Computer. Then go in the Tools menu, and select "Map Network Drive" (for XP; other versions of Windows should have similar functionality). Tell the computer to map the share

and then click the "OK" button. When asked, provide your user name, and type your password. As above you may provide your user name all by itself, or you may type files\username. This should place a new disk icon in your My Computer. When done, you can right click, and choose "Disconnect".

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