Win95/98 Users Cannot Access Shared 2003 Server Folder

[TripleJHJO]

I have a 2003 server in a domain. There are 2 shared folders off the root. One folder can be accessed by any operating system - no problem. The other cannot be accessed by anyone with a Win95/98 operating system.

The non-accessible folder is set up with the root folder private and each folder inside that root folder is specific to a user; only they have access to their folder.
Windows XP and 2000 users can access these private folders, but Win95/98 users cannot see/access their private folders.

What is missing?

Thanks,

J. Jensen

 

[Jpoandl]

1) Check to make sure that the share name is less than 8 characters in length. I believe 9x clients can only see short named shares with no spaces.

2) make sure that the 9x clients have rights to the share and the NTFS security on the root folder

Joseph L. Poandl
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[WANguy2k]

Try this: Cut and paste the following into notepad, save it as fix98.reg. (Make sure you don't name it with a .txt extension.) Then bring it to one of the 9x clients and double-click it to make the registry change. You need to reboot after the change. Good luck!


REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP]
"EnableSecuritySignature"=dword:00000001
"RequireSecuritySignature"=dword:00000000

 

[AndrewTait]

I would beg to differ jpoandl, 9x clients can access share names longer than 8 characters.

One thing to be aware of is that 9x clients do not support the "features" of Active Directory, and therefore, it may be related to this. Try applying the AD client, which should be on the 2003 Server CD.

Hope this helps,

Andy

He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy (Monty Python's The Life of Brian)

 

[WANguy2k]

Andrew's right. I assumed you had already loaded the AD client on all the 9x machines. After you do, you may experience problems accessing network shares. Applying the reg fix I posted fixed it for us.