Re: map Windows 2000 shared drive or folder from Windows 9x ?

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 06/29/03

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    Greetings --

        The file systems on the various computers communicating over a
    network are completely irrelevant, as none of the individual
    computers' operating systems ever directly access the other computers'
    hard drives. Instead, a computer sends a "request," if you will, for
    the desired data, and the operating system of the host ("receiving")
    computer accesses its own hard drive (whose file system it obviously
    can read) and then sends that data back to the requesting computer as
    neutral packets of information that are completely independent of the
    file systems on the respective computers. After all, don't you use a
    Windows-based PC (whether it's FAT32 or NTFS) to access data stored on
    the Internet's mostly Unix servers, which use a completely different
    file system?

    Bruce Chambers

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    "Dolphus Brown" <Dbrown48@satx.rr.com.NOSPAM> wrote in message
    news:JbFLa.30562$hV.1825724@twister.austin.rr.com...
    > I don't think Win 98 or ME can map to an NTFS volume. (if you are
    using
    > NTFS)
    > Dolphus
    > "Wayne Scott" <wscott@nac.net> wrote in message
    > news:ea631447.0306290815.2040e482@posting.google.com...
    > > Hi Folks:
    > >
    > > I have a little network with Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 98, Windows
    ME
    > > PCs. I can see all machines from any, but cannot map Windows 2000
    > > shared drives or folders from the less secure machines. When I
    try, I
    > > am prompted for a password, but the ones for accounts I have are
    > > rejected.
    > >
    > > Is there a setup I must do on Windows 2000 to allow others to
    access
    > > this way?
    > >
    > > I have a work group but not a domain; I hope I do not have to mess
    > > with this.
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > > Wayne Scott
    >
    >
    

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