Error deleting file or folder message

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warpman

I need some help with the following message:

Error Deleting file or folder
Can not delete file1: Network access is denied. Be sure you have the
correct network permissions to perform this operation.

We have a mix environment of winxp and win98 machines running on a
peer-to-peer network.
The file I'm trying to delete resides on a toshiba copier HD machine. We
can delete files from the win98 machines but not from the winxp
machines. Any help/info would be appreciated.
 
C

Chuck

I need some help with the following message:

Error Deleting file or folder
Can not delete file1: Network access is denied. Be sure you have the
correct network permissions to perform this operation.

We have a mix environment of winxp and win98 machines running on a
peer-to-peer network.
The file I'm trying to delete resides on a toshiba copier HD machine. We
can delete files from the win98 machines but not from the winxp
machines. Any help/info would be appreciated.

On any XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro,
you need to have SFS properly set on each computer.

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, if you set the above Local Security Policy to
"Guest only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net
user guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and use a
common non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used, give it
an identical, non-blank password on all computers.

On XP Home, and on XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest with Start - Run -
"cmd" - type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window.

On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - User Rights Assignment,
on the XP Pro computer, and look at "Deny access to this computer from the
network". Make sure Guest is not in the list.

More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall configurations are a
very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 

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