USB HDDs cannot be acccessed on LAN

I have two USB harddisk drives hanging on a Win XP Pro SP2
machine. My Win98SE machines cannot access these drives. One
USB drive is partitioned into three, and the other drive is
not partitioned.

In the File Manager tree on the Win98SE machines, these 4
partitions simply show up with their volume names as if they
were directories, nestled in between other directories on
the C drive of the XP machine. Other directories in C on the
XP machine are accessible to the 98 machines.

These USB drives are set for sharing.

When I click on one of the partitions from a 98 machine, I
get an error message that there is not enough memory. This
neither makes sense nor is it true.

How do a get the 98 machines to treat the USB drives as
drives and be accessible?

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, User Friendly
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have two USB harddisk drives hanging on a Win XP Pro SP2
>machine. My Win98SE machines cannot access these drives. One
>USB drive is partitioned into three, and the other drive is
>not partitioned.
>
>In the File Manager tree on the Win98SE machines, these 4
>partitions simply show up with their volume names as if they
>were directories, nestled in between other directories on
>the C drive of the XP machine. Other directories in C on the
>XP machine are accessible to the 98 machines.
>
>These USB drives are set for sharing.
>
>When I click on one of the partitions from a 98 machine, I
>get an error message that there is not enough memory. This
>neither makes sense nor is it true.
>
>How do a get the 98 machines to treat the USB drives as
>drives and be accessible?

Is the error message one of these?

Not enough server storage is available to process this command.

Not enough memory to complete transaction. Close some applications
and retry.

If so, the message is very misleading. The problem is probably that
an antivirus program has changed an obscure TCP/IP setting. Please
see this Microsoft Knowledge Base article for a likely solution,
specifying a value of 15 for IRPStackSize on the XP computer:

Antivirus Software May Cause Event ID 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:

> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, User Friendly
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I have two USB harddisk drives hanging on a Win XP Pro SP2
>>machine. My Win98SE machines cannot access these drives. One
>>USB drive is partitioned into three, and the other drive is
>>not partitioned.
>>
>>In the File Manager tree on the Win98SE machines, these 4
>>partitions simply show up with their volume names as if they
>>were directories, nestled in between other directories on
>>the C drive of the XP machine. Other directories in C on the
>>XP machine are accessible to the 98 machines.
>>
>>These USB drives are set for sharing.
>>
>>When I click on one of the partitions from a 98 machine, I
>>get an error message that there is not enough memory. This
>>neither makes sense nor is it true.
>>
>>How do a get the 98 machines to treat the USB drives as
>>drives and be accessible?
>
>
> Is the error message one of these?
>
> Not enough server storage is available to process this command.
>
> Not enough memory to complete transaction. Close some applications
> and retry.
>
> If so, the message is very misleading. The problem is probably that
> an antivirus program has changed an obscure TCP/IP setting. Please
> see this Microsoft Knowledge Base article for a likely solution,
> specifying a value of 15 for IRPStackSize on the XP computer:
>
> Antivirus Software May Cause Event ID 2011
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078

Thank you.

Yes: : "Not enough memory to complete transaction. Close
some applications
> and retry." is the message.

As soon as I get the XP machine back in its docking station,
I will work on this.

Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, User Friendly
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I have two USB harddisk drives hanging on a Win XP Pro SP2
>>machine. My Win98SE machines cannot access these drives. One
>>USB drive is partitioned into three, and the other drive is
>>not partitioned.
>>
>>In the File Manager tree on the Win98SE machines, these 4
>>partitions simply show up with their volume names as if they
>>were directories, nestled in between other directories on
>>the C drive of the XP machine. Other directories in C on the
>>XP machine are accessible to the 98 machines.
>>
>>These USB drives are set for sharing.
>>
>>When I click on one of the partitions from a 98 machine, I
>>get an error message that there is not enough memory. This
>>neither makes sense nor is it true.
>>
>>How do a get the 98 machines to treat the USB drives as
>>drives and be accessible?
>
>
> Is the error message one of these?
>
> Not enough server storage is available to process this command.
>
> Not enough memory to complete transaction. Close some applications
> and retry.
>
> If so, the message is very misleading. The problem is probably that
> an antivirus program has changed an obscure TCP/IP setting. Please
> see this Microsoft Knowledge Base article for a likely solution,
> specifying a value of 15 for IRPStackSize on the XP computer:
>
> Antivirus Software May Cause Event ID 2011
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078

I have made the changes as per
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078
but the error message "not enough memory is available. Quit
some programs." still appears.
I have the stack number set at 15.

Any other ideas?

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, User Friendly
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>I have two USB harddisk drives hanging on a Win XP Pro SP2
>>>machine. My Win98SE machines cannot access these drives. One
>>>USB drive is partitioned into three, and the other drive is
>>>not partitioned.
>>>
>>>In the File Manager tree on the Win98SE machines, these 4
>>>partitions simply show up with their volume names as if they
>>>were directories, nestled in between other directories on
>>>the C drive of the XP machine. Other directories in C on the
>>>XP machine are accessible to the 98 machines.
>>>
>>>These USB drives are set for sharing.
>>>
>>>When I click on one of the partitions from a 98 machine, I
>>>get an error message that there is not enough memory. This
>>>neither makes sense nor is it true.
>>>
>>>How do a get the 98 machines to treat the USB drives as
>>>drives and be accessible?
>>
>> Is the error message one of these?
>>
>> Not enough server storage is available to process this command.
>>
>> Not enough memory to complete transaction. Close some applications
>> and retry.
>>
>> If so, the message is very misleading. The problem is probably that
>> an antivirus program has changed an obscure TCP/IP setting. Please
>> see this Microsoft Knowledge Base article for a likely solution,
>> specifying a value of 15 for IRPStackSize on the XP computer:
>>
>> Antivirus Software May Cause Event ID 2011
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078
>
>I have made the changes as per
>http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078
>but the error message "not enough memory is available. Quit
>some programs." still appears.
>I have the stack number set at 15.
>
>Any other ideas?

Make sure that you made the registry change on the XP machine and that
you spelled the key name IRPStackSize right -- it's case-sensitive.

If the value of 15 doesn't work, increase it by 3 and try it again.
You can repeat that up to a maximum value of 50. Restart the computer
after changing the value.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm

Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, User Friendly
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>>>I have two USB harddisk drives hanging on a Win XP Pro SP2
>>>>machine. My Win98SE machines cannot access these drives. One
>>>>USB drive is partitioned into three, and the other drive is
>>>>not partitioned.
>>>>
>>>>In the File Manager tree on the Win98SE machines, these 4
>>>>partitions simply show up with their volume names as if they
>>>>were directories, nestled in between other directories on
>>>>the C drive of the XP machine. Other directories in C on the
>>>>XP machine are accessible to the 98 machines.
>>>>
>>>>These USB drives are set for sharing.
>>>>
>>>>When I click on one of the partitions from a 98 machine, I
>>>>get an error message that there is not enough memory. This
>>>>neither makes sense nor is it true.
>>>>
>>>>How do a get the 98 machines to treat the USB drives as
>>>>drives and be accessible?
>>>
>>>Is the error message one of these?
>>>
>>> Not enough server storage is available to process this command.
>>>
>>> Not enough memory to complete transaction. Close some applications
>>> and retry.
>>>
>>>If so, the message is very misleading. The problem is probably that
>>>an antivirus program has changed an obscure TCP/IP setting. Please
>>>see this Microsoft Knowledge Base article for a likely solution,
>>>specifying a value of 15 for IRPStackSize on the XP computer:
>>>
>>>Antivirus Software May Cause Event ID 2011
>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078
>>
>>I have made the changes as per
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078
>>but the error message "not enough memory is available. Quit
>>some programs." still appears.
>>I have the stack number set at 15.
>>
>>Any other ideas?
>
>
> Make sure that you made the registry change on the XP machine and that
> you spelled the key name IRPStackSize right -- it's case-sensitive.
>
> If the value of 15 doesn't work, increase it by 3 and try it again.
> You can repeat that up to a maximum value of 50. Restart the computer
> after changing the value.

Working on the increments.
Thank you.
User Friendly