Can't "Save As" over network

[Dave]

Hello,

I have 2 computers networked to each other, one running WindowsXP & MS
Office2003, the other Windows98 & MS Office97. Running Excel (or Word)
from either computer, I can open, save and create files in shared
folders on the other computer. The problem is with the "File|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 \ ." Oddly enough, if I use
the original file name, it works fine.

This trouble seemed to appear 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, any
suggestions would be most appreciated. Thank you.

Regards,

DaveU

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

If you installed Windows update KB885250 "MS05-011: Vulnerability
in server message block could allow remote code execution" on the
WinXP computers, try uninstalling KB885250 in Start | Control
Panel | Add/Remove Programs (if there is a "Show all updates" box
at the top of the Add/Remove Programs window, then make sure the
box is checked). This update is available as an individual
update for Windows 2000 and Windows XP, and is included in Update
Rollup 1 for Windows 2000. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=895900 "You cannot save a file
from your Windows XP-based or Windows 2000-based computer to a
shared folder on a file server" for more information.

 

[Dave]

Hi garfield,

That seemed to fix the problem, thanks a lot! I'm not sure of the
implications of removing this update, would you be able to enlighten
me? Thanks again,

regards

DaveU

 

[ANONYMOUS]

You can read it here and there is a fix for it as well.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885250

You should reinstall the patch otherwise your system is vulnerable. The
resolution is here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896427/

hth

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Windows update 885550 is described at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885250/ . It plugs a potential
security hole in Windows. If you wish to keep the update and
still 'save as' to network drives, you can install the hotfix
that is now available.

 

[Dave]

Hi,

Thanks to both of you, that did indeed fix my problem.

regards,

DaveU