Re: Accessing files in windows 2000


"efg20" <efg20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have a user who has an IBM Thinkpad with Windows XP Pro. This user uses
> the laptop when she's in the corporate office or at home. She is also at
an
> external location where she has her own office with a workstation running
> Windows 2000 pro. She uses VPN to connect to our network.
>
> The problem she's having is that for some type of reason she cannot access
> any recent files on her Win2K workstation. She has a good connection to
the
> network (she can access old files and the company e-mail) and she claims
she
> is saving her work on the network and not on the local hard drive. She
say's
> that any work she saves on her laptop with WinXPPro does not show up on
her
> Win2K workstation. Can it be because they are 2 different O/S versions?
If
> so, is there any way around it?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated...thanks.
>

Your user's problem is not related to different OSs etc. There
is some other cause that you need to investigate, e.g. where
exactly the user stores her files. I will be something very
simple when you get on to it!


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