Error -50 connecting to Microsoft Windows shares

When connecting to Microsoft Windows shares under Mac OS X, you may experience an "Error -50."

This error is caused by Mac OS X's inability to connect to administrative/hidden shares (shares that end in "$").

To solve this problem, you can:

connect to the share with the $ and the end of its name (see File server addresses)
create a share on the Windows file server and use the new share in place of the administrative share.

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Keywords: error, file system, file transfer, internet, mac os x, microsoft windows integration, system administration, troubleshooting

Question: Why do I get an Error -50 when connecting to Windows shares?

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