Do file permissions exist on non-NT Windows systems?

From: Sale (nospam_at_my.inbox.net)
Date: 04/03/04 

Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 21:06:27 +0200

On a Win98 based PC belonging to my neighbor, MS Word came up with
this message:

>The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions.
>*Check the file permissions for the document or drive.
>*Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document.
>(D:\....Path....\***.DOC)

The D:\ drive exists and the document is copied to it from a floppy,
(in *.zip format,) and then unzipped. I think the original zipping
took place on a NT-based mahine, but I'm not sure of the file system.

I took the original *.zip file home, unzipped it on my WinXP/NTFS
machine, and the document opened normally. I saved it, zipped it and
took it back to the neighbor, who was now able to open the file.

For all I know, there are no such things as "File Permissions" on
FAT/FAT32 systems, but...what was all this?

Any comments will be appreciated.

Best regards

Sale

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