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by asltech

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I have a Win98 machine which suddenly stopped allowing other computers on the network to use the shared software on that computer (It is the server for a software). When I go to "Network Neighborhood", I only see myself, but if I search for a computer, I can find any of them. I also have no problem connecting to the internet or e-mail, and connecting to folders and programs on our server. However, nobody can connect to the shared software. I have checked all of the protocalls and rebooted, I even scanned for viruses, still nothing. Why is this? Please help ASAP!!! Thanks!

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by ann777

Is the folder still shared on the Win98 box? Use Windows Explorer and make sure a hand still exists under the folder that is to be shared. Make sure that the user/group has access permission to this folder and the sharename is visible to them.
Is the MS NetBEUI protocol loaded on all the computers? Seems like maybe either sharing has stopped for some reason or the MS NetBEUI protocol has been removed.

The other client computers may not be visible in NN (network Neighborhood) if they do not have anything to share.... but your Win98 computer should be in their NN if sharing is working properly.

by asltech

I have tried to remove all unneeded network protocals, but when I click ok, the blue screen comes up and says "A fatal exception OE has occurred...." when I hit any key to close the program, I get another error message the says "Rundll32 has caused an illegal operation and will be shut down--[detail: RUNDLL32 caused a general protection fault in module USER.EXE...]. Why is this happening? HELP!!

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