Office 97se and XP Professional Compatible

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I just got upgraded to XP Professional and Office 2003
Another girl in the office hasn't yet. She is using office 97SE and Office 97

We upgraded the Works Program from 4.5 to 8.0 because there a few databases
that still need to be converted into Access.

We share these files and are having some issues...are these two operating
systems compatible when using networked files? XP Professional and Windows
98se.

First: I was able to open files make changes but not able to save files,
CTRL,ALT,Del came back with not responding. So, I took the filed copied and
placed in a new folder, right clicked and open with and renamed with a new
name I was then allowed to make changes and save....

So, now the 97 gal goes to open the files and make changes and she gets this
error "CANNOT ACCESS THE DOCUMENT THE DOCUEMNT MAY ALREADY BE OPEN OR IT
MAYBE A READ-ONLY DOCUMENT."

I check the file properties and it was not checked to be Read-only....

Thanking you in advance for taking the time to read this and making a
possible suggestion....
 
Yes they are compatible. However, once on your system, you may need to take
ownership of file from another system as follows below in order to open
and/or work with the file.

This sounds like a file ownership issue related to NTFS. Note, file
ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. How you resolve
it depends upon which version of XP you are running.

XP-Home

Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard wired for "Simple File
Sharing" at system level.

However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode. Reboot, and start
hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the
options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for the administrator's
password. This is not your administrator account, rather it is the
machine's administrator account for which users are asked to create a
password during setup.

If you created no such password, when requested, leave blank and press
enter.

Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the view tab, scroll to
the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File Sharing" deselect it
and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let you make a change,
move on to the next step.

Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go to the Security
tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the user that was logged
on when you were refused permission to access the files. Click apply and
ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and type in the name of
the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership for everything in
the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the following selection:
"Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it as well.

Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish with these files when
you log back on as that user.

XP-Pro

If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited account to
administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to Tools, select Folder
Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File Sharing" is not
selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok.

If you wish everything in a specific folder to be accessible to a user,
right click the folder, select properties, go to the Security tab, click
Advanced, go to the Owner tab,
select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of the box, you
should see a check box for "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects,"
place a check in the box and click apply and ok.

The user should now be able to perform necessary functions on files in the
folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an admin account again,
right click the folder, select Properties, go to the Security tab and be
sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click add and type the
user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has all the necessary
permissions checked in the permission list below the user list, click apply
and ok.

That should do it and allow whatever access you desire for that folder even
in a limited account.
 
Michael:

I have printed out your suggestion and will try them on Monday, I am leaving
for the weekend (TGIF) this upgrade has been trying for me. I will again
reply with my success....! Keep me in on Monday....! Have a great weekend!
 
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