network share drives me mad

[greenisland]

Thank you Dave, I feel quite sure also that this is not a Linux Lite issue.  The difficulties of mounting network drives (especially those on Windows computers) have plagued me for years across PCLINUXOS, Puppy, Solydxk, and now my new favorite distribution.  I read similar posts elsewhere and my pet theory is that this is one of those things that results from networking, and especially networking to windows machines, not being a first priority in the linux world itself.