Okay, I'm kind of confused and hoping for some help. I have two machines in the office, a Mac and an XP Windows Machine. We had Tiger installed, have a huge library of folders on an internal drive on the Mac that was shared (via Sharepoints) so the Windows machine could log on with their own account.
We have since upgraded to Leopard. The XP machine can still connect, but any of the folder names created on the Mac since the Leopard upgrade get converted into screwy short names. For example, the folder name "160 801-528 Beatty st." is viewed on the Windows machine as "13KUZW~7".
I know normally things like this are related to very long file or folder names, but this name is only 22 characters. And as I said, any folders that were created on Tiger still show up even if they're longer (such as "467 TH1-1420 Strathmore Mews").
Attempting to go into the short foldername from the Windows machine results in an error message "\\server\path\13KUZW~7 refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer, or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you are connected to the Internet or your network, and then try again. If it still cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different location."
We have since upgraded to Leopard. The XP machine can still connect, but any of the folder names created on the Mac since the Leopard upgrade get converted into screwy short names. For example, the folder name "160 801-528 Beatty st." is viewed on the Windows machine as "13KUZW~7".
I know normally things like this are related to very long file or folder names, but this name is only 22 characters. And as I said, any folders that were created on Tiger still show up even if they're longer (such as "467 TH1-1420 Strathmore Mews").
Attempting to go into the short foldername from the Windows machine results in an error message "\\server\path\13KUZW~7 refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer, or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you are connected to the Internet or your network, and then try again. If it still cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different location."