Any Windows 98SE File Sharing Experts out there?

[noh0pe]

I'm an intern at the tech support department of a large cancer and AIDS research facility and we ran into this odd problem with a Windows 98SE machine. We'll eventually call in some heavy hitter tech guys but it would be nice to save everyone time and figure it out now.

The research machine is in an AIDS containment research facility (the kind where you need to wear a suit) and they want it set up so they can access the hard drive from outside the containment suite. Ok fine, I'll just right click on the hard drive and enable sharing. Oh wait there are no sharing options. Ok I'll just go into Network in the Control Panel and click on the File and Print Sharing button. Oh wait that's not there either.

Any ideas of why these usually standard 98SE sharing options are absent? I can connect to outside computers and view files on outside computers but when trying to configure the system to allow users to access it on the network there's no luck.

Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[JackMDS]

This is the process to set Drive Sharing on Win98 (Unless the IT people deliberately disabled something).

There are three places to be checked for sharing:

The first two are in Control Panel, Network.

1. The Protocol that you are using for sharing, has to be bound to Client for Microsoft Network, and Sharing is Checked in the protocol's properties menu.

2. The general File and Print Sharing has to be installed, and checked.

The third in "My Computer" folder.

3. Individual Drive or/and printer has to be checked for sharing.
Right click on the device to share, choose properties, click on the sharing Tab, check Shared As, and give it a name.

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[dphantom]

Because the PC is in a secure area with access to highly sensitive data, is it possible because of HIPAA or other privacy issues that that particular PC was configured by another part of IT to not allow sharing?

 

[noh0pe]

Jack steps 1 and 3 were the first things I tried. When the Share tab on the hard drive (or any folders) didn't appear I went into Client for Microsoft Network and checked everything out. Everything is fine except for that the button in the middle of the Network window that's called "File and Print Sharing" doesn't show up.

Also could you explain what you mean in step 2? I've been thinking about taking a 98 CD and seeing if I'm missing certain files or something to that effect.

Also I just found out that there was already a computer that was configured to access the system and when I went to check it I tried to access the system in question by it's name on the network. Oddly enough the explorer window for the system came up but since I haven't been able to find a way to share anything, nothing was in the window.

dphantom good thoughts but I doubt it has anything to do with HIPAA although you did spark my imagination that maybe a server admin has done something.

Thanks for all the input guys.