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File Sharing Problem w/ 98 + XP

  • 05-01-2006 6:26pm
    #1
    h0stn0tf0und
    Closed Accounts Posts: 155 ✭✭


    I have a Windows 98 machine that has a shared folder (Full rights). I have a XP machine that connects to this machine, I have it as a mapped drive. I can browse, read but only write sometimes. The Xp machine reports the following error:
    The folder Z:\Folder\somefile.ext isn't accessible. The folder may be located on an unavailable volume or protected with a password.

    Here an example
    From the XP machine I go to the shared folder and create a new folder F. I create a document D and save it in F (If it lets me). I create some other documents and then try to open them, they open ok but I then have problems saving any changes and get the above error. Sometimes I can save fine! The behaviour is intermittent.

    The machines are on a wireless network. The link is not dropping, I introduced another machine (98) and it suffers none of the problems the XP machine is experiencing.

    The machines have a static IP's and I am mapping the drive using its IP and not its hostname.

    Any ideas?


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