The alias "remote-pc" could not be opened...

The alias "remote-pc" could not be opened because the original item could not be found. I get this message whenever i try to connect to a shared drive either in windows vista or ubuntu (same machine, triple boot) but windows xp will connect. My network consists of a netgear WGR614 (new) where the mac connects wirelessly and the pc is on a switch/hub with a static ip. bonjour is installed for xp and vista. (is there a linux version or equivilent?) Does anyone know why xp will share but the other OS's won't? Thanx

I had the same problem, I forgot that my pc was running a firewall. I shut it off and my mac connected instantly. You might have to shut down finder and reopen. Also as a follow-up, you may only see "my documents" as an option on your mac to open and use. As I like everything available to me, I had my whole C drive shared, but My Mac didnt see it. On my Pc, I unshared the C drive then shared it and went back to my Mac and reconnected and it showed my C drive...Yes!! As far as running the firewall during networking between the 2, you will have to tweak the firewall permissions, all are different, I could not tell you how to do it. Hope this helps.

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