Re: windows 2003 bug
From: Pat [MSFT] (patfilot_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/03/04
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 22:23:35 -0800
1) The Jet problem has nothing to do with opportunistic locking.
2) The issue is entirely within the Jet ODBC/OLEDB drivers
If you have an IISState log, you may post it and we can confirm the issue
for you. Once confirmed, I would recommend that you open a support
incident.
Pat
"Avner Netz" <info@netzbiz.com> wrote in message
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> I had set a new web server with windows 2003 enterprise.
> All my sites are ASP with Access database with the new JET4 engine
> installed!
> What a big mistake!!! Since it is up the w3wp.exe stop responding at
> list once or twice a day! can not find why, can not get help from
> microsoft or anybody else so far...
> Log files don't give too much info and I had setup iisstate as well.
> Anybody have the same problem???
>
> I also found this artical about windows 2003 and database:
>
> I ran across this on a mailing list, written by an MCSE, and thought you
> all ought to be aware of this problem -- at least until it gets fixed.
>
> -------------------------
>
> Windows 2003 Gotcha: Opportunistic File Locking
>
> "I have been running W2K3 since it was a beta and had no problems with
> the OS. I then decided it was becoming time to start offering it to my
> customers so the first step was to get my office running it first. I
> upgraded the servers all to Windows Server 2003 and as with most
> engineers I was rushed back into the wild to fix something and let the
> office jockeys run on it.
>
> I felt that I had a successful migration after a few weeks so I moved
> on
> to a contract customer of mine that I have had for six years. I
> upgraded
> his Dell PowerEdge 1500SC from Windows 2000 Server to 2003 and
> immediately the users started complaining of problem accessing there
> QuickBooks files, then the no access turned into file corruption. This
> customer also runs a older Paradox database system on the server and
> files started becoming corrupt with it as well.
>
> I ran through the basic troubleshooting, then the second phase of
> troubleshooting all with no victory. I called QuickBooks and they said
> must be hardware, I called Dell and the said must be Windows Server
> 2003, so I called MS and they said it must be hardware. To shorten
> this
> up some I removed Windows 2003 upgrade and reinstalled Windows 2000
> Server and the problems immediately went away. The only thing at time
> my
> searches on the internet showed had something to do with Opportunistic
> File locking features in Windows, but nothing conclusive to me.
>
> So I put it on the back burner until yesterday and started searching
> again, wow what a difference a month makes, now people all over the
> place are having the same problems with Windows Server 2003 and
> Database
> applications, it seems opportunistic file locking is the problem, I
> found one news group posting where someone stated that Great Plains
> was
> experiencing this problem so I took a shot and called our Great Plains
> contact at MS and he stated that MS had patched it for them but he was
> not allowed to release it to anyone not running Great Plains. To wrap
> this up Microsoft has let down an engineer that lives and breathes
> their
> product, I make my living off of this software and to be told first
> that
> nothing is wrong (must be hardware) and then told that they have a fix
> but it is only for the big clients is not pretty."
>
> If that is the case, do not bother with server at all!!!
>
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