Let's start with the UPPERCASE tip and Nautilus at this discussion.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/134249/connecting-to-windows-7-shares-from-12-04
I have looked at numerous web forums on how to do this and after following many, many steps including mods to config files like smb.conf (with workgroup, DNS info, etc.) I have had no luck. I am doing this as part of my migration away from Windows to Linux.
Anybody had any real success accessing a windows share from Ubuntu 12.04 ?

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