Network Windows computer won't show in Finder of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

Question

Old Macs had windows locations automatically shown in the Finder under Network. New Macs doesn't. How come and how can I change it?

Answer 1

You have to connect to the Windows computer from your Mac manually.

1. In the Finder, choose Go > “Connect to Server.”

2. Type the network address for the computer in the Server Address field using one of these formats:

   smb://DNSname/sharename

   smb://IPaddress/sharename

3. Follow the onscreen instructions to type the workgroup name and a user name and password, and choose the shared folder you want to access.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8849.html

After you do that, you can set up the connection to happen automatically when you login to your Mac from the Accounts settings window.