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by gregg s

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We run a Win 98 peer-to-peer network in our office. Several Excel 97 workbooks with write access are shared amoung the office with no problems. However, one PC (call it PC-A) cannot write to some workbooks of one (and only one)other PC (call it PC-B). PC-A can write to the workbooks of other PC's in the the office, and other PC's can write to the workbooks of PC-B, including the workbook that PC-A cannot write to. The workbooks in question always open up in read-only mode for PC-A. The worbooks are password protected, and the password prompt does not come up for PC-A as it does for the other PC's, which may be the root of the problem.

What is causing this problem and how do I solve it?

Thanks.

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by vorsossion

Check to see if this is only happening with excel files. If not, check to make sure that PC-B has granted the correct privaleges to PC-A. It sounds like PC-B is not sharing with A but with everyone else only.

by gregg s

Found that I had never accepted the response. It has been so long since I solved the problem I do not remember the solution. Sorry. Thank you for attempting to help, but I believe that the the problem was deeper than your solution.

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