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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. SMB stands for "server message block," and more about the protocol 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==

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 [[How to connect to a network PC from an Apple|connect [[Mac OS X#Connect to a PC from a |MacOS X]].