Re: Share DOS files on XP Home

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From: Carrie Garth (PostInGroup_at_invalid.cxg)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 04:36:25 -0500

| "B Nieds" <bnieds@wieler_and_wieler.com.INVALID> wrote in message
| news:u6zb94yKEHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
| <SNIP> XP home computer is setup to share (standard network places)
| a folder. This folder contains files maintained by a DOS program
| which uses xBase files. Now even when the DOS program is NOT
| running and I use a tool like Excel or Access these XP programs
| complain that the files are locked and in use <SNIP>

| "B Nieds" <bnieds@wieler_and_wieler.com.INVALID> wrote in message
| news:%23M70SzYLEHA.620@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| To me the problem seems to be some system wide setting that says to
| not share the files <SNIP>

There may be a problem in negotiating SMB signing, or another process
may have the file open and locked. For more information see the
following Web Pages, Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles, and the
articles referenced within:

KB814112 - Files on Network Shares Open Slowly or Read-Only or You
Receive an Error Message
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=814112

Smallbizserver_Net
SBS 2000 Workstations connecting to SBS 2000
I get an error when I try to save a file in Office
http://www.smallbizserver.net/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=115

Process Explorer (GUI app used to view open handles)
Copyright © 1998-2002 Mark Russinovich
Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have
open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful
utility will even show you who owns each process.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml

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