First make sure that your server has already configured Samba and started the service successfully, by referring to this article http://blog.csdn.net/linglongwunv/archive/2010/01/19/5212875.aspx, we Can Windows clients connect to samba through the Windows network, where Windows XP is the case, there are two ways:
1. Network Neighborhood--View workgroup computer-->samba Server
2. Open run (Windows key +r), enter the hostname or IP of the configuration Samba server (format://192.168.1.98)
3. Enter Samba to see the shared directory name that we configured, http://blog.csdn.net/linglongwunv/archive/2010/01/19/5212875.aspx step 4 in this article is configured for share
4, the first login needs to enter the user name and password, this article http://blog.csdn.net/linglongwunv/archive/2010/01/19/5212875.aspx step 6 configured for the username user name, You can check the remember my password and then access the Samba server on this machine to log in directly.
Windows client connects to Samba server (how to use Samba)