connecting to a winxp box

[Dennis Calhoun]

I'm glad there are people that are so willing to assist those of us
that don't know nearly as much about Linux, but while reading this
thread I am again finding myself thinking, "What a ridiculously clunky
and confusing mess this whole Linux to Windows networking thing is.
How I wish that SOME version of Linux was anywhere NEAR as easy to set
up a home network for as Windows is. Maybe, just maybe, one day..."

Dennis C.