Can't "Save As" on Network

[Dave]

Hello,

I hope this is an appropriate group to post this problem.

I have 2 computers networked to each other, one running WindowsXP & MS
Office2003, the other Windows98 & MS Office97. Running Excel from
either computer, I can open, save and create files in shared folders on
the other computer. The problem is with the "Save As" command from
the WindowsXP machine - I always get the message "The folder
'\\servername\sharedfolder\newfilename.xls' isn't accessible.
The folder may be in an unavailable location, protected with a
password, or the filename contains a / or \ ." (I get the same
message with MS Word). This problem first appeared after the WindowsXP
computer was updated to MS Office2003 - the Windows98 machine does
not exhibit this problem. To date, I haven't found a solution at the
Microsoft site. I'm sure I'm missing something here, I'd
appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.

Regards,

DaveU

 

[Dave Peterson]

First, this is a guess.

But if you're positive you've typed the correct path, then it sounds more like a
network problem than excel.

One tip, you may want to put:

\\servername

in the File|saveAs dialog

Then point and click through the folders. (My typing is pertty <bg> bad,
too???)

 

[Dave]

Dave,

Thanks for your suggestion, but that doesn't appear to be the problem.
If I do a file|SaveAs and keep the original file name, it works
normally. I'm getting the impression, from the error message, that
when I change the name, it seems to think that the file name is part of
the path.

regards,

DaveU

 

[Dave Peterson]

Sorry, I don't have a better guess.

Dave,

Thanks for your suggestion, but that doesn't appear to be the problem.
If I do a file|SaveAs and keep the original file name, it works
normally. I'm getting the impression, from the error message, that
when I change the name, it seems to think that the file name is part of
the path.

regards,

DaveU

 

[Dave]

Hi Dave,

Just in case you're interested, it turned out to be an issue with one
of WindowsXP security updates. Since I installed the fix, my problem
seems to be resolved.

regards,

DaveU

 

[Dave Peterson]

Thanks for posting back.

Maybe it'll help someone searching Google.

 

[Paul]

Dave-

I seem to be having the same probelms. Can you post some more details on how
you resolved the problem?

Thanks!