Map a drive letter in a windows 2000 network

I am a new mac user, trying to map a drive letter so I can connect to a windows network. How do I map a drive or otherwise get to the drive letter?

Hi
Your question would be better off in the Getting Online & Networking Forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1222
Steve

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