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Back in the old days of 2002, [[WSO]] set up a service called [[Phynd]]. This was a tool that efficiently indexed and searched a Windows network using only Windows networking protocols. It lasted about three months before the recording industry sued another college campus and WSO took it down as an act of self-preservation. ==Searching the network for media== Luckily, as mentioned above, Phynd used only defaul default Windows networking protocols. The upshot is that you can ''still'' search the Williams network for media. Here's how:
#Open ''My Computer''
#Click ''Search''!
Note that this search is highly inefficient and will take a long time. You might want to start it up before class on Friday so that your computer generates a list of music/movies for the weekend that will be ready when you return. A good tip is to remember the name of the computer where you find a lot of stuff. You can access computers on the network by name by opening My Computer and typing ''\\computername'' in the Address Bar. It's also possible to connect to a PC from [[Mac OS X#Connect to a PC|Mac OS X]]. Please note - this did not work for me - i got no results. Note again - Getting no results is fairly common. Try it again, and maybe a third time. Eventually it'll work.