[Ham-Computers] Where do they go?

fkamp at comcast.net fkamp at comcast.net
Fri Oct 14 12:12:30 EDT 2005



Philip Atchley wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Just a quick one or two questions here.  Simple home network, This
> machine running XP Pro, Wifes machine running Win98se, both connected
> via router to the DSL modem.
> 
> The Laser printer is on this machine (XP Pro).  My wife only uses her
> machine for Email and an occasional "look-see" at something on the web.
> No Printer.
> 
> I can access any files on her machine from this machine, defrag her
> drive, virus scan it, transfer files to-from it, etc.  Can't seem to
> access this machine directly from her machine, so she doesn't have
> direct access  (perhaps because of my NTFS file system on this one?)


Yup, I believe so.  Win98 is either fat16 or
fat32(vfat) if your hard drive partition is over
520meg and you opted for a large drive partition.

There may be other issues too, but this is
certainly a major one.

Regards,
Frank Kamp


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