Re: Some files/folders in fileshare not showing up

From: Chris (Chris_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/20/05


Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:53:02 -0800


"Malke" wrote:

> Chris wrote:
>
> > I have two machines running XP SP2 on a network. The desktop (XP Pro)
> > has a few fileshares with things like my music and data backups on it.
> > When browsing from My laptop (XP Home), not all of the folders,
> > sub-folders and files show up. If I manually type in the full
> > folder/file paths everything is still accessible, though. I also have
> > a linux machine on the network that can view/access everything just
> > fine, which I would think rules out server-side problems.
> >
> > Any idea what is causing this, and/or how to fix it?
>
> Possibly this could be caused by KB885250, an update from 2/8/2005 which
> can cause file and printer sharing problems under Windows networking.
> It has been reported that both SP1 and SP2 boxen are affected. If your
> attempt to use shares seems compromised after last week's hotfixes,
> remove KB885250.
>
> See this MS Knowledge Base article:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-011.mspx
>
> Check in the section "Vulnerability Details, Workarounds" for several
> approaches to providing the protection of the hotfix without using the
> hotfix.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
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>

Thanks, that worked perfectly. It still amazes me how many "fixes" that are
released actually break more than they fix.



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  • Re: Some files/folders in fileshare not showing up
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  • Re: KB885250 Problem
    ... Here's information I found provided by another MVP: ... problems under Windows networking and SAMBA. ... XP SP2 clients seem unaffected, the issue surfacing for XP SP1 clients ... with this hotfix applied. ...
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