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by rdave

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Scenario:
-network setup as peer-to-peer (4 machines)
-backup done everyone night with win2000 machine
-full access rights from all points on network
-no problem with backup UNTIL
-notebook computer changed from WinXP Pro Fat32 notebook to WinXP Pro NTSF machine
-all permissions set to still enable full access from all points on network
-backup will not back notebook as it receives a permissions error
-notebook fully accessible from all machines manually for full access
?
This one is driving my boss nuts.
thanks in advance
have a nice day
dave

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by joseph moore

Now that you have NTFS permissions on the laptop, you now have file-level permissions. You can set the security on a file-level basis.
The Win2K machine is connecting to the XP machine using a predefined user account. Make sure this account (it will be a local account on the XP box) is a member of the local Backup Operators group on the XP box. Backup Operators can backup files.

hope this helps

by rdave

Thank you. This information allowed my boss to solve his problem and he now has the backup running successfully.

by nbp backup

Get rid of your tape drive. Put everyone on an online backup service and kiss all your backup & permissions headaches goodbye. Lower your costs too! No media, no hardware or software to buy or upgrade and no labor involved with the backups. Best of all everyone gets their own backup and you don't have to manage it (neither do they, really). Set and forget.

by rdave

This answer is akin to telling someone with a XP question to throw away their Microsoft product and get a Mac. It would have been useful and more effective if you could have provided a useful answer and then added your two cents about offsite backupservices.

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