Save AS permissions - network issue?

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Hi I have 1x Win98 SE machine and 1x XP machine. My files are located on
the Win98 machine shared so that I can access them on the XP machine.

However only til recent when I open a document (Word document) up in the XP
machine and try to use Save As, this tells me that the path is either
incorrect or I do not have permissions.

My concern is this has been working for the past 3 years and all of a sudden
stopped.

I have a LMHOSTS file on my XP machine so I know it can resolve the name
across the network.

Any ideas?

Cheers
Paul.
 
Hi I have 1x Win98 SE machine and 1x XP machine. My files are located on
the Win98 machine shared so that I can access them on the XP machine.

However only til recent when I open a document (Word document) up in the XP
machine and try to use Save As, this tells me that the path is either
incorrect or I do not have permissions.

My concern is this has been working for the past 3 years and all of a sudden
stopped.

I have a LMHOSTS file on my XP machine so I know it can resolve the name
across the network.

Any ideas?

Cheers
Paul.
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Paul,

Check for a browser conflict between the WinXP computer and the Win98 computer.
I"m not talking about Internet Explorer here. The browser is the program that
allows any computer to see any other computer on the LAN. The browsers for
WinXP (WinNT/2K/XP) and Win98 (Win95/98/ME) don't work well together on the same
LAN.

Make sure the browser service is running on the WinXP computers. Control Panel
- Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Disable the
browser on the Win98 computer:
http://cms.simons-rock.edu/faq_by_subtopic/node138.html
http://www.compudentsystems.com/documentation/win98.html

After checking / disabling / enabling as above, power both computers off to
reset the browser settings on each. Once both computers have been powered off,
power them back on.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status", on the XP computer only.

For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>

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Cheers,
Chuck
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