Networking XP & 98, problems

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Our office has several computers networked together, and a
main server. When one computer, running XP, creates a new
folder, then a file in that folder, the files can't be
seen by the computers running 98. The folder can be seen,
but not the files. The file properties are not set
to "hidden". I cannot find any difference between folders
that contain these ghost files, or folders that contain
files which can be seen by everyone. Anyone know what the
problem could be?
 
mary beth said:
Our office has several computers networked together, and a
main server. When one computer, running XP, creates a new
folder, then a file in that folder, the files can't be
seen by the computers running 98. The folder can be seen,
but not the files. The file properties are not set
to "hidden". I cannot find any difference between folders
that contain these ghost files, or folders that contain
files which can be seen by everyone. Anyone know what the
problem could be?
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It's possible that your XP is creating a folder that isn't shared so doesn't
turn up in the network. You may need to go to the machine the new folder is
on and create permission to access the new sub folder for all on that
machine.
 
mary beth said:
Our office has several computers networked together, and a
main server. When one computer, running XP, creates a new
folder, then a file in that folder, the files can't be
seen by the computers running 98. The folder can be seen,
but not the files. The file properties are not set
to "hidden". I cannot find any difference between folders
that contain these ghost files, or folders that contain
files which can be seen by everyone. Anyone know what the
problem could be?
Click to expand...

Mary,

if the file system is NTFS then you could perhaps unwittingly
have limited the access rights to the files. Check them and
perhaps give some access rights to Everybody for a test.

Hans-Georg
 
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It's possible that your XP is creating a folder that isn't shared so doesn't
turn up in the network. You may need to go to the machine the new folder is
on and create permission to access the new sub folder for all on that
machine.
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I thought about this, but the other machines can open the
folder, it just shows as empty. If it wasn't shared,
would the computers w/ 98 be able to open it?
 
mary beth said:
I thought about this, but the other machines can open the
folder, it just shows as empty. If it wasn't shared,
would the computers w/ 98 be able to open it?
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98, yes. You may not have given permission for it to be accessed so far as
the XP machine is concerned. Eg, if your XP user is named "GEORGE" and your
98 user is "MARY" and GEORGE created it, other XPs may be able to SEE it if
the parent folder is shared but not access it while 98 wouldn't care,
really. If security isn't a big issue, you can get around it simply, for XP,
by sharing the root C drive. So long as you aren't going in to Windows or
Programs or Documents and Settings, it will happily allow access to
subfolders, then.

Of course, you can do what I do on my HOME network and just set every user
up with the same name and password and allow access. Another thing you can
do is set up the GUEST account on XP and 2000 and that allows other users on
easily.

If you are talking about a business house, you really should be putting
users in groups and allowing them access to different things per need. You
may have a restricted base that needs to access C:\important\things folder
and you can go to that folder on the machine upon which it resides and set
up group permission to access all in that folder for that restricted group.
 
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