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Add UBUNTU PC to Windows Home network group

VAIO-Zorin

Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:43:10 am

Is it possible to add an UBUNTU PC into a Windows 10 home network group?
If yes, how?

Swarfendor437

Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:08:55 pm

Some interesting hints here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/790784/ ... ws-network

and here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/236746/ ... with-samba

Could not find anything regards Windows 10 specifically.

Keep us posted.

Swarfendor437

Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:11:10 pm

Done some more delving - last response on this page that has a link:

https://www.tenforums.com/network-shari ... erver.html

Finston Pickle

Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:37:27 pm

For what it is worth, my Zorin 12 laptop had to join a Windows XP network to drive my old Epson printer, which is attached to the XP desktop. All worked out well.

No real problems as I remember (mainly knowing which option to follow) - I seem to remember using my Zorin username or password at some point - there is an old posting of mine about printers, which might give you a lead.

Hopefully Windows 10 improves upon XP in this regard - perhaps not when you think of things that used to be standard in Windows.

Swarfendor437

Sat Mar 31, 2018 6:28:11 pm

Finston Pickle wrote:For what it is worth, my Zorin 12 laptop had to join a Windows XP network to drive my old Epson printer, which is attached to the XP desktop. All worked out well.

No real problems as I remember (mainly knowing which option to follow) - I seem to remember using my Zorin username or password at some point - there is an old posting of mine about printers, which might give you a lead.

Hopefully Windows 10 improves upon XP in this regard - perhaps not when you think of things that used to be standard in Windows.


A lot of it is to do with when Windows changes the goalposts - a bit like Apple when it releases a new iOS - With Zorin 11 on a notebook at work I used to be able to access all folders on an iPad 2. ;) :D