Re: Some files/folders in fileshare not showing up

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From: Malke (noreply_at_invalid.com)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:00:57 -0800

Chris wrote:

>
>
> "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
>> Elephant Boy Computers
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> "Don't Panic!"
>>
>
> Thanks, that worked perfectly. It still amazes me how many "fixes"
> that are released actually break more than they fix.

I'm very glad it worked for you. Thanks for taking the time to let me
know.

Malke 

-- 
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
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