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In Windows XP, when I'm connecting to another machine in a workgroup, what can I do to change the name with which I use to connect to the other machine?
ETA: For instance, when trying to connect to another machine on my company's internet, I'm required to log into the site with the username workgroup(backslash)danielj, but the ability to change is greyed out, and the name is workgroup(backslash)guest, and I can't recall how to change the default name.
The weird thing is that Apple's shares are up 7% on the news.
I don't get it.
That makes me think-- is there such a think as "virtual mac", allowing me to run mac only programs on a PC? I really like ical!
Daniel, I think you need to go to 'My Computer,' but I just discovered that it's not working (it just locks up) on my work XP computer. Weird....
The shares being up doesn't surprise me. My first thought is that that move by Apple will make it easier to move into the enterprise market. They were already making gains there with OS X, but now that businesses know they can still run Windows natively when they want, I think things are really going to open up. The only reason I bought a PC was because voice recognition has the lead there and you can't use Virtual PC to run Dragon Naturally Speaking.
I can tell you right now, I won't be testing that on my Macbook.
I'm torn as to whether it's a good thing or a bad thing. Yes, people might be more willing to switch if Macs can run Windows, but if that means we get a spate of people running exclusively Windows on the machines... that's bad. So I guess we'll see.
if that means we get a spate of people running exclusively Windows on the machines... that's bad
Why?
If you run Windows on your mac, does that mean your Mac is vulnerable to Windows viruses? Personally, I can't see why I'd want to put Windows on my Mac. Seems to defeat the purpose of having a Mac.
If you run Windows on your mac, does that mean your Mac is vulnerable to Windows viruses?
According to what I read this morning, yes.
[eta: And I can definitely see the appeal of a dual-boot machine. So many programs are only available for Windows, it'd be nice to be able to run both.]