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<ol><li vaLUE="3">Create a new virtual machine (hard drive size: '''30 GB''', accept all other defaults) making certain to specify the location of your downloaded Windows OS iso file.</li><li>Install the Windows OS creating a default user as the administrator.</li><li>Upon successful installation, open the command prompt on your Windows machine, and issue the ''ipconfig'' command to record its '''IPADDR'''.</li><li>On your Linux host machine, use the same techniques that you learned in '''INVESTIGATION 2''' to use smbclient and also to '''mount''' (mount -t cifs) the MS Windows files on your '''host''' machine. Were you successful?</li><li>If you were not successful, why do you think was the reason?</li><li>Call over your lab assistant or instructor if you are uable to access your MS Windows files on your Linux host machine.</li></ol>
===Accessing MS Windows Files from on a Graphical Application (nautilus) Linux Samba Server via Windows Explorer ===
'''Perform the following tasks:'''
#Use the '''Places''' menu from the desktop Make certain that both your VM2 and open '''Browse Network'''Windows virtual machines are running.
#From the menu in the side-bar of the files tool, choose '''Connect to Server'''.
#Enter '''smb://vm2/home''' as the location, and enter your samba password in the prompt.