Locked Files

[James Bishop]

Hi,

i have an ongoing issue that i'm hopeing someone will be
able to shed some light on. It's doing my head in!

We are a small business running Small Business Server
2000. I am having sporadic issues relating to locked files
held on the network. They are locked when they should not
be. Other users can only open the documents concerned Read
Only and have to save under a different name. Some files
can also not be deleted due to being locked by another
user.

I seem to be unable to find any known issue articles etc.

Thanks in advance for any help offered.

Regards,

James

 

[Carrie Garth \(MVP\)]

Hi James,

If the clients are Windows XP SP1, this may be an Opportunistic Locking (OpLocks)
problem. For more information see the following Web Pages and the Microsoft
Knowledge Base Articles mentioned:

Microsoft Smallbusiness Server 2000 - Frequently Asked Questions
Authors: Mariëtte Knap, Susan Bradley, Steve Foster and Merv Porter
Frequently Asked Questions about Workstations
I get an error when I try to save a file in Office
http://www.smallbizserver.net/sbs2000/I_get_an_error_when_I_try_to_save_a_file_in_Office.aspx

Fixing Windows XP Network Performance Problems
By: Brien M. Posey
http://www.brienposey.com/kb/XP_Network_Problems.asp

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Carrie Garth, Microsoft MVP for Windows 2000
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: "James Bishop" <jbishop AT clarifysolutions DOT co DOT uk>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 06:31 AM
: Hi,
:
: i have an ongoing issue that i'm hopeing someone will be
: able to shed some light on. It's doing my head in!
:
: We are a small business running Small Business Server
: 2000. I am having sporadic issues relating to locked files
: held on the network. They are locked when they should not
: be. Other users can only open the documents concerned Read
: Only and have to save under a different name. Some files
: can also not be deleted due to being locked by another
: user.
:
: I seem to be unable to find any known issue articles etc.
:
: Thanks in advance for any help offered.
:
: Regards,
:
: James

 

[Steve H.]

Thanks Carrie! This issue was also driving me nuts.
Steve

-----Original Message-----
Hi James,

If the clients are Windows XP SP1, this may be an

Opportunistic Locking (OpLocks)