I am trying to set up WebDrive network drive to us...

2009-05-07T10:40:00.000-05:00

I am trying to set up WebDrive network drive to use with sharepoint and have run into the following problems:

1. I can connect to the intranet on my office desktop directly connected to our network, but cannot connect at home through our VPN. Is this related to firewall(s) settings? I get the following WebDrive error message:
Connecting to site MDA Intranet
Connecting to http://gator/projects
Resolving url gator to an IP address
Url resolved to IP address 172.16.1.9
Connecting to 172.16.1.9 on port 80
Connected successfully to the server on port 80

Unable to connect to server, error information below

Error: Logon to server failed. (4505)
Operation: Connecting to server
Server Response: 401 Unauthorized
2. Some software operates correctly with the web directory when I open a file stored in sharepoint. I have problems with others. I can open an existing MS Word and Excel directly from the sharepoint directory and edit them, but when I try to save the revision, I get a permission error. I have tried to rename the file, but still run into the same problem. I also have the same problem when I try to save new Word and Excel files. Is there something peculiar to MS files that I can work around?
3. I have also tried to save data files used with some of our analytical software. One program uses Microsoft database files (MDB file type). It appears that I cannot store that file type in the sharepoint directory. Is that correct? Is there a work-around other than renaming the file ending from .mdb to .something_else (which appears to work)?

Can anyone recommend a consultant that could help me work through these problems?

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