Doug Any folder you wish to give permission to change is quite easy. I am using XP, and all you do is open Windows Explorer or my Computer, and navigate to the folder you want to use. right click the folder, and select Sharing, next you chose to share the folder, and also you then can tick another box to allow network users to change folder contents. W2K and W98 should be very similar I think, but not used them for ages to check, sorry. Hope that helps you out, Trevnal ----- Original Message ----- Sorry Trev, I'm a newbie to this, can you explain how I can give the folder the permission please. Doug. CBPR@xxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- I really need more information on how you are trying to do this. If you are copying the files onto the other computer, it could well be you have not given the shared folder the permission to be changed, there you can't write to it and then you would get an error something like that. Trevnal ----- Original Message ----- Hi all, Some of you may remember a little while ago, I networked 2 computers with the excellent help of some of you, in particular Trev. Now I have another prob, I'm trying to copy and paste some folders from pc 1 to pc 2, to do backups and I get the message: Unable to create the folder ***** access is denied. Any ideas what to do ? Doug. To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/