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| Thread ID: 28379 | 2002-12-17 23:01:00 | MS Word 97 SR-2 on Win 98 & Win2k | Woof (2402) | Press F1 |
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| 107035 | 2002-12-17 23:01:00 | How come on my win2000 workstation I can 'see' files with a .dot extension and yet a win98 workstation cannot see those same files, which are on the network server ?? These are template which used to be used from time to time but in between times we have "suffered" a major rearrangement of our pc resources to place grunt where grunt was required. However the consequent reinstallations of software has been handled less than well resulting in numerous losses of settings that were once enjoyed aand now we struggle to relearn, adapt, etc :- aaaaahhhhhh, if only the computer boffins structured themselves in a uniform manner, keeping a client profile file listing all a client's standards, settings, hardware quirks etc so that EVERY one of their (computer boffin) staff followed the same methods/styles/structures/protocols etc etc etc. Instead,for example, we have different printer drivers used for the same (main, central) printer for no apparent reason other than n'near enough is good enough', it seems |
Woof (2402) | ||
| 107036 | 2002-12-17 23:34:00 | sounds like you might have a problem with the .dot files being system or hiden files and the win98 system set to not display them. open "my computer" select "view -> folder options" in the view tab of that window thre is a check bos "hide system files" make sure this is NOT ticked. there is also a tick box about hiden files in there too. sorry if the above instructions a a bit off the mark but i am not on a win98 system at the moment so it all writen from memory :-) |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 107037 | 2002-12-17 23:51:00 | Sounds to me like you really need some profile management software active directory, novell netware etc. instead. It is impractical to keep a list of hardware quirks and instead you should try to keep models the same. You can run through exactly the same procedures and still find that something doesn't work properly due to corrupt software. When I add a printer on a system where I work it picks out (and downloads if necessary) the correct driver :-) |
gibler (49) | ||
| 107038 | 2002-12-18 01:14:00 | Thanks - I needed that reminder However this turns out to be a slight case of humble pie :- The actual problem was a case of the Christmas rush (more haste less speed) because the win98 workstation was looking at the user's own files on the server rather than the user's shared files on the server Shared files are in a different partition than the users own files and in my Christmas rush I didn't see forest for the (Christmas) tree !!!! Sorry about the bad puns |
Woof (2402) | ||
| 107039 | 2002-12-18 01:20:00 | Yes - we definitely DO need the benefits of some "user profile management" Are there any cheap simple software tools available that anyone knows of, please ? We'd kind of like to be able to run something to record settings, formats etc on a workstation so that those same settings can easily be REinstalled - such as when a workstation has software REinstalled or even upgraded or hardware/software combos are reallocated about the office For example, when I received my 'new' win2k P4 workstation the MS Excel 97 didn't have the number format that I was used to (and had become dependant upon) which showed negatives in red inside brackets () Suddenly ALL my spreadsheets needed to be manually adjusted !!!!!! |
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