Allenb1963 > windows 98 can see shared ntfs files/folders. Think about it for a second, it is not actually seeing them as ntfs or fat32, it is using tcp/ip to transfer the data, which is universal. That is why windows 9x, me, et cetera can see NTFS shared files/folders.

dcongram/Allenb1963 > He was thinking of an NTFS partition that was physically attached to a windows 9x, me, et cetera box. In this case, a windows version that can only recoginze FAT file systems, cannot even notice a correct partition under NTFS. But over a network, LAN or WAN, data is transfered via the TCP/IP protocol, which is not FAT nor NTFS.

interoperability is the term for networking across multiple OS's and yes, it is very possible to do so. Domains can even be set up with a different OS for the server than all of the clients.

Errata: when I set up my windows 2003 advanced server box on my home network, it immediately recognized ALL of my other computers, ranging from windows 98se to windows XP pro, from RedHat to freeBSD.