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from: Geo
date: 2004-11-16 18:42:40
subject: Re: Simple Networking?

From: "Geo" 

run chkdsk /R on the drive.

Geo.

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:419a556d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Weird one.  Just ONE file on a vanilla XP Home machine, peer network, can
have
> NO operations performed on it from a remote client (XP Pro, 98, whatever).
> The whole Home machine is wide open, and *any other file* on it  can be
copied
> from, renamed, moved to, erased, etc.remotely, from any client, without
logon
> (typical "simple" (hah) hidden-guest networking.  Most
machines also are
> running NETBEUI, but the situation is the same on machines with only TCP
hot.
>
> The error message is the everloving......
>
> "Cannot (copy, move, whatever)  FILENAME.EXT Access is denied.
> make sure the disk is not full or write-protected, an that the file is not
> currently in use."
>
> No funny attributes or permissions on the file (I looked with WINFILE from
> NT4).  None of these machines have ever been managed, policied, or even
been
> on a domain.
>
> I haven't looked with a file-(handles)-open util yet.  Know a good one.
I'm
> stumped.
>
> The file is the distribution EXE for AVG 7 free (that's new). AVG7 isn't
even
> running on the computer the EXE's on, so I don't see how it could be
locked.
> Can an EXE build have a secret "no_remote_changes" attribute applied?
Kazaa
> spoiler?
>
> --
>
> -Frank
>

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