Networking Problem with XP and Windows 2000 Server

[Guest]

Hello

Following Problem

Our old IT-Network contained Win2000 Pro Machines connected to a Win2000 Server, using Office 2000

Everything worked fin

Now we got new machines (HP WKST 4001) with XP SP1a, using Office 2003

Server still Win2000 (unchanged

Now suddenly we experience huge network problems

- office files are suddenly protected (getting a message that another user has this file open -- checked - no one had it open
- New created office files (Word) are suddenly, during work protected and locked - cant be saved under same name - user has to save with different name - has to re-boot machine to unlock file again.
- files takes long time to load (files are located on the server
- Word doesnt shut down properly - you close it but the word.exe still running in the tasks.

Any help is highly appreciate

Thank you in Advanc

 

[Ron Lowe]

Hello!

Following Problem:

Our old IT-Network contained Win2000 Pro Machines connected to a Win2000 Server, using Office 2000.

Everything worked fine

Now we got new machines (HP WKST 4001) with XP SP1a, using Office 2003.

Server still Win2000 (unchanged)

Now suddenly we experience huge network problems;

- office files are suddenly protected (getting a message that another

user has this file open -- checked - no one had it open.

- New created office files (Word) are suddenly, during work protected and

locked - cant be saved under same name - user has to save with different
name - has to re-boot machine to unlock file again..

- files takes long time to load (files are located on the server)
- Word doesnt shut down properly - you close it but the word.exe still running in the tasks..


Any help is highly appreciated

Thank you in Advance

This looks like the SMB signing issue.

It manifests itself in a number of ways, and what you report is typical.
It usually becomes apparent when you upgrade XP to SP1.

It typically occours on servers which are both file servers and domain
controllers.
This is because SMB signing is on by deafult on DCs.


Article 810907 is the 'official' fix for the file locking issue.

Error Messages When You Open or Copy Network Files on
Windows XP SP1 Clients That Require SMB Signing
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810907

 

[Guest]

thx a lot, just called the support and they´ll send the patch in the next 12 hours.

hope that solves our problem

 

[Blake]

-----Original Message-----
thx a lot, just called the support and they´ll send the patch in the next 12 hours.

hope that solves our problem
.

Please report if that solved your problem. Thanks!

 

[Guest]

----- Blake wrote: ----

-----Original Message----
thx a lot, just called the support and they´ll send the patch in the next 12 hours

Please report if that solved your problem. Thanks

Microsoft delivered the Hotfix yesterday and as it looks it solved it. Users didnt report any errors and machines runs still stable

 

[Guest]

Ok

Problem back again..

Gladly that is our development domain (only 5 Users).



Scenario

Machines are not turned off over night - only locked to get updated.

In the Evening the server gets backuped (DLT Tape with Arcserver).

In the morning tryin to open a word document and cant open it - first getting error message that file is locked or missing - on second attempt gets opened with protection.


We have a linux machine in the domain aswell (SUSE 9.1) so we tried it there - same result as above

And the test on a Win2003 Server in the same domain (only as test) proved us the same error.


And it doesnt happen only with office documents, it happens aswell with other files like delphi files.

Specs.

CLient are WinXP SP1, Office 2003 Ent., Delphi 7.0 + 8-0, F-Secure Anitvirus

Server is WIn2000 SP3, configured as prim. DNS, Fileserver and (dont beat me but our budget) aswell DB Server (Oracle).


Any help would be highly appreciated