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Old 09-03-2006, 04:33 PM   #1
Michael Quesada
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Can Vista share folder with win98 under a workgroup?

I try the traditional way and it don't work. I turn off firewall.
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Old 09-03-2006, 04:55 PM   #2
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There is a bug here indeed, it has been reported, hopefully it will be
resolved in the next CTP. I tried this myself. Some cases have reported
seeing the shared machine, but still cannot access it.
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> I try the traditional way and it don't work. I turn off firewall.



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Old 09-03-2006, 05:39 PM   #3
Prashanth Prahalad
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Michael,

What is the error that is reported ? Please try net view <MACHINE_NAME> and
send the reported error.

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Prashanth


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> I try the traditional way and it don't work. I turn off firewall.



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