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Microsoft Windows allows users to define network "shares" which [[Category:How-To]] [[Category:Computers]]'''SMB''' is a protocol that lets computers share files with one another, so that Williams student use to can make their pictures, documents, music, and movies public. Back in the old days of 2002SMB stands for "server message block, 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 more about three months before the recording industry sued another college campus and WSO took it down as an act of self-preservationprotocol is available at [[Wikipedia:Server Message Block]].

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:

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.

See also:This is one way to find [[Movies on the network]][[Music on the networkLost]][[Programs episodes on the network]].