The Web Site for Macintosh Windows Integration http://www.macwindows.com http://www.macwindows.com/airportpc.html#050908a http://www.macwindows.com/airportpc.html#050908a Fri, 9 May 2008 01:02:25 -0800 Readers sent in suggestions to a Tuesday's reader question about extending a wireless connection. In this situation, a PC picks up a free Wi Fi connection in one room of a house. The question is how to get a Mac in another room connected. Dave Green suggests adding a wireless repeater, also known as a range extender... http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#050908b http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#050908b Fri, 9 May 2008 01:02:25 -0800 Like some other readers, David Tarleton's Windows PC could no longer see networked Macs after a Leopard upgrade. He then discovered the cause: We just updated our Macs in the office to Leopard, and suddenly, the only Windows machine in the office could no longer log in... http://www.macwindows.com/OSXServer.html#050908c http://www.macwindows.com/OSXServer.html#050908c Fri, 9 May 2008 01:02:25 -0800 Sam Nguyen had an authentication problem with Windows Vista clients and Mac OS X Server. He reports that a suggestion we previously reported worked for him: Thanks for the fix on connecting Vista clients to OS X Server... http://www.macwindows.com#050908d http://www.macwindows.com#050908d Fri, 9 May 2008 01:02:25 -0800 Derek Smith responded to our report earlier this week of the free CoRD program, for Mac-and-Windows remote control. I replaced Microsoft RDC with CoRD a few weeks ago and never looked back. It is a great piece of software, and the multiple session functionality is golden... http://www.macwindows.com/fusion2beta1.html http://www.macwindows.com/fusion2beta1.html Tue, 6 May 2008 01:31:45 -0800 Yesterday, VMware released VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1, a prerelease issue of the next major version of the virtualization environment for Mac OS X. The release features a number of new features, including true support for multiple monitors and improved 3D graphics, and better integration of the Windows apps with the Mac OS X interface. The beta is available for the public to test as... http://www.macwindows.com/vmware.html#050608b http://www.macwindows.com/vmware.html#050608b Tue, 6 May 2008 01:31:45 -0800 Two readers responded to last week's report of VMware not being able to load after a Syntax Error message. Stacey Tenen also reports the Syntax Error: I saw on the forums that someone else was having problems with Fusion crashing on 10.5 and I'm getting the same problem. The last time it happened, I had XP running in a Fusion windowed session and went to reboot without closing the session first. The shutdown hung on VMWare... http://www.macwindows.com#050608c http://www.macwindows.com#050608c Tue, 6 May 2008 01:31:45 -0800 Jennifer Hearing would like to have her Mac connect to a PC that has access to a Wi Fi connection: My sister and I moved into an apartment that offers wireless Internet. Here PC can pick up the wireless signal in her room, but my room is too far away to get the signal... http://www.macwindows.com#050608d http://www.macwindows.com#050608d Tue, 6 May 2008 01:31:45 -0800 We've updated our Virtualization, Emulation, and Remote Control Solutions page by adding to the product listings two free cross-platform remote control apps. Daniel Stine recommended CoRD: I found macwindows.com's emulation page today and found that the remote desktop software... http://www.macwindows.com#050608e http://www.macwindows.com#050608e Tue, 6 May 2008 01:31:45 -0800 ooVoo last week released a Mac version of its video chat solution, ooVoo Mac. The free download allows a user to connect to six Mac and Windows users over the Internet. ooVoo can send and receive video messages, exchange files and text chat messages as well as import contacts from other programs... http://www.macwindows.com#050108a http://www.macwindows.com#050108a Thu, 1 May 2008 01:32:47 -0800 Yesterday, Equinux released VPN Tracker 5.2, an update to the IPsec-based VPN Client for Mac OS X. Although VPN tracker works with dozens of VPN gateways, this upgrade focuses on integration with SonicWALL gateways. VPN Tracker 5.2 Professional Edition incorporates SonicWALL's Simple Client Provisioning feature... http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#050108b http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#050108b Thu, 1 May 2008 01:32:47 -0800 Kevin Ledgister verified a previously report suggestion for problems with Leopard 10.5.2 and the Cisco VPN client. He also added a suggestion: Using this command in the Terminal works... http://www.macwindows.com/entourage.html#050108c http://www.macwindows.com/entourage.html#050108c Thu, 1 May 2008 01:32:47 -0800 Chris Johnson in London reports that a hot fix for Exchange Server fixes a problem with Entourage repeatedly asking for a password. He apparently didn't see our post on it: Having tried all the suggestions of entering the domain name differently, emptying Trash etc... http://www.macwindows.com#050108d http://www.macwindows.com#050108d Thu, 1 May 2008 01:32:47 -0800 Microsoft has released Messenger for Mac 7, a new version of the free instant messaging application. The new version enables Mac users to communicate with Windows users in audio and video conferencing. Messenger for Mac 7 also enables users to search network-based contact lists on Office Communications Server 2007... http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#050108e http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#050108e Thu, 1 May 2008 01:32:47 -0800 Jeffrey Choo reports that a recent firmware updates for the MacBook and for the MacBook Pro fix the Boot Camp problem with FAT partitions: Just thought I'd drop you a quick email with an update that the latest EFI firmware updates for MacBooks fixes the problem of only the Mac OS X drive showing up in the Boot menu... http://www.macwindows.com/vmware.html#050108f http://www.macwindows.com/vmware.html#050108f Thu, 1 May 2008 01:32:47 -0800 Rob Kunkle is having the problem with VMware Fusion loading Windows XP 64-bit. He also found a workaround: I was having this problem, but the error I get is line 64: Syntax error... http://www.macwindows.com/winxpsp3_released.html http://www.macwindows.com/winxpsp3_released.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:12:12 -0800 Tomorrow, Microsoft will release Windows XP Service Pack 3, the first major update to the OS since 2004. Apple has released a required Boot Camp 2.1 update for SP3, and VMware has released an SP3 update for Fusion. Service Pack 3 will be available to users via Windows Update... http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#042808b http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#042808b Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:12:12 -0800 Leigh Wilson reports that installing the Boot Camp 2.1 update fixed some Bluetooth problems with Windows XP SP2: I just updated Boot Camp to version 2.1. It fixed the issues I was having with my Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse going in and out of commission... http://www.macwindows.com/vmware.html#042808c http://www.macwindows.com/vmware.html#042808c Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:12:12 -0800 VMware has released Fusion 1.1.2, a free update to its virtualization environment for Intel Macs. The update adds a number of bug fixes and enhancements, including fixing some incompatibilities with the MacBook Air and adding support for Apple's Time Machine and Windows XP Service Pack 3... http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#042808d http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#042808d Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:12:12 -0800 Leigh Wilson finds that an AutoCAD license in Windows via Boot Camp keeps getting lost: I am having problems with my AutoCAD revit license staying intact on my registry. It gives a licensing error message and then asks me to get the software registered or it will expire in 7days. The problem occurs only on Boot Camp and not in Parallels, which also has my AutoCAD software loaded on it... http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#042808e http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#042808e Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:12:12 -0800 David Kim had problems Leopard and file sharing over a wireless connection. He tried several of suggestions on our Leopard Tips and Reports page, and sent us a new one: I've been reading this discussion on several occasions over the last few months. It is very helpful. Several of the fixes resulted in transient improvements. Most helpful was... http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#042808f http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#042808f Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:12:12 -0800 Dave verified a previously reported fix for a Leopard problem with files disappearing from mounted Windows shares. The fix cleared up some other symptoms as well. Dave reports: I had a server with three Macs and many a few PCs on it... http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#042808g http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#042808g Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:12:12 -0800 Prosoft Engineering has released NetWare Client for Mac OS X 2.0.1, and update that adds full support for Mac OS X Leopard. The update is a free download to owners of NetWare Client 2.0... http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#041808a http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#041808a Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:21:57 -0800 Peter Shindler discovered a simple workaround to the problem of Windows shares disappearing from Leopard: I am the IT manager of a company, and we have several Mac users in the office. We have shared folders on of our servers, and this problem was happening. What I have found that helps is to create an alias of the share... http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#041808b http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#041808b Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:21:57 -0800 Ray Drury found that the name of the folders on a shared Windows Vista machine caused trouble with Leopard access: We have a Vista share which we access via our Macs. It all works fine under OS 10.4.11 but our new Mac running Leopard 10.5.2 mysteriously can't see some of the folder contents... http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#041808c http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#041808c Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:21:57 -0800 David Sly tried a suggestion regarding Leopard file copy, unsuccessfully, but other suggestions worked: In response to the topic "Path Finder utility gets around Leopard zero-k file copy-to-server problem," it did not work for me. Yet Thursby's DAVE... http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#041808d http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#041808d Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:21:57 -0800 Dave (no last name) reported the Leopard 10.5.2 file copy/SMB signing problem to Apple, which replied that this was a known problem: I have the issue with OS X, where by I can't write to NTFS shares on W2K3 servers with SMB signing turned on, even with IPV6 disabled for the interface. I haven't tried turning the signing off (as suggested by some of your readers), but that's a ridiculous fix... http://www.macwindows.com#041808e http://www.macwindows.com#041808e Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:21:57 -0800 Eltima Software has released SyncMate 1.2 (Build 1.2.0.324), an update to the utility for syncing data between a Mac-to-Windows Mobile handheld devices. The update adds the ablity to sync email, contacts, and notes with Entourage, and the ability to sync bookmarks with Firefox...