Can't access XP drives from Mac

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  1. dMac786

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    Greetings.

    The problem I'm having is that I can't access my XP drives from the Mac side. Everything works fine the other way, and in Shared Folders I have "All Mac Drives" and "All Windows Drives". Is there a way to fix this problem?

    Thank you.
     
  2. dMac786

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    More information

    I just reinstalled Parallels, and when I started it I got this message:

    "The system extension '/Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext" was installed improperly and cannot be used...."

    Does Parallels require fusefs.kext? I don't seem to have it.

    Thanks.
     
  3. John@Parallels

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    Antivirus on Mac OS side may prevent kext installation
    Disable antivirus perform permissions repair and install macfuse from http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/
    Restart Mac OS
     
  4. dMac786

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    I did all of that a couple of times, but I'm still getting the same error. I know MacFuse did install:

    <KSTicket:0x115580
    productID=com.google.filesystems.fusefs
    version=1.7.1
    xc=<KSPathExistenceChecker:0x112d00 path=/>
    url=http://macfuse.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/CurrentRelease.plist
    creationDate=2008-09-24 09:55:19 -0600>

    The MacFuse forum suggested this is a Parallels problem. Is it? Any ideas?

    Thanks!
     
  5. Andrew@Parallels

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  6. dMac786

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    I have 5608. Thanks!
     
  7. dMac786

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    More info. (I am a recovering PC-aholic and got my first Mac in June. I am learning OS X as I go.) fusefs.kext is there, but it is in a bundle. Does that make a difference?
     
  8. John@Parallels

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    It is a bundle , as all kexts.
    I believe some software prevents installation of MacFuse, what software do you have?
     
  9. dMac786

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    MacFuse is installed. But Parallels doesn't seem to know that.

    Thanks!
     
  10. John@Parallels

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    Could you list software you are using on Mac OS?
     
  11. dMac786

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    Sure. iChat, iMail, Firefox 3, Stickies, CopyPaste Pro, Time Machine, and Mozy backup.
     
  12. Andrew@Parallels

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    No antivirus software running?
     
  13. dMac786

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    No, I disabled it before installing MacFuse and have not reenabled it.
     
  14. John@Parallels

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    Sorry, what do you mean disabled antivirus, so you have antivirus installed on Mac?
     
  15. dMac786

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    Yes, I have iAntiVirus.app, but it is not running. I removed it from the list of programs that start automatically, and I haven't run it since before I installed MacFuse.
     
  16. John@Parallels

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    Service for antivirus I guess is till running you can check for it in Console application in system.log
     
  17. dMac786

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    The only appearance of "antivirus" I could find were a couple of illegal arguments on 19 Sep in windowserver_last.log. One odd-looking thing is that com.apple.InternetSharing exits immediately with exit code 1 and then restarts again in 10 seconds - repeatedly - but that shouldn't be relevant, should it?
     
  18. dMac786

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    I got rid of the InternetSharing thing. Still no mention of antivirus. I'm pretty sure it isn't running.
     
  19. John@Parallels

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    Can you put here zipped system.log from Console.app?
     
  20. dMac786

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    The file is a bit large, so I put it here. Thank you.
     

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