I was doing Start - Run - 'myfiles' under Windows XP and had access to some file directories over my network.
I dont know how to do the same thing under Ubuntu.
Use smb:// instead of in the nautilus address line.
You can specifiy a username and a password, too. Like that: smb://username:password@hostname/. If you don't, nautilus will automatically ask you for it.
You can use all other supported protocols in the same way:
smb://username:password@hostname/ for Sambaftp://username:password@hostname/ for FTPsftp://username:password@hostname/ for FTP over SSH (also ssh:// )dav://username:password@hostname/for WebDAVdavs://username:password@hostname/ for encrypted WebDAV
