Macs getting kicked off Win2k

I am supporting a business with in a mixed environment with over 200
Macs. The models range from 400 MHz G4's to the latest G5's with OS
10.3.9. We all connect to Windows 2003 servers with the most recent
MSUAM clients [2001!] SMB is not an option becasue we have to comply
with the Sarbannes-Oxley law that requires an authentication method
which allows users to change their psswords as well as warning the
users when their passwords will expire - neither of which is a feature
of SMB.

Several of our users get kicked off the network at least twice a day.
These are graphic designers who create large files > 1GB. I am
beginning to suspect that the connection between MSUAM client and the
Win2k3 server has difficulty maintaining a stable connection if file
transfers are above a certain size. This has been occuring since OS
10.3.7.

Has anyone else experienced this?

.

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