Error messages that tell me NOTHING!

Why do I get error messages that tell me nothing? For example, I am trying to save a file on my computer XP (I am currently working with 3 machines, each of the XP, Vista and Win7); the proposed file name is simple and contains only letters, numbers, spaces, and perhaps a dashboard, but no characters such as *, /, (or). I get an error message that gives me the name of file, in this case Islnd smplr resz - E4878. JAN, said only "the name of the file above is not valid."  This tells me absolutely NOTHING!  No clues to explain WHY the name is not valid, how to solve this problem, no help AT ALL!  It's extremely frustrating, and I'm not playing "Guess What's On My Mind" with a tenacious computer fun. Microsoft, if you're going to have error messages, make sure they actually provide useful information!

One thing you might try is to save it as something even more simple - like "A.JAN" and later [try] rename.

Another possibility, in that you might be running is the limitation that the complete file, including its full path name, should not exceed 256 characters.  Whenever this happens, the error messages given by Windows are extremely obtuse and unnecessary.  The name of your file is relatively long, this is a possibility.

""Filename is not valid"error save or open the file.
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/131464 >

HTH,
JW

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