And MSoft Server should have some kind of log of what is going on. I also found a utility that can be used to monitor file activity real time. There is something to be said for digging into what actually is happening although such a task might well fall on the IT person.
Is is Windows or WinDOS? Is MSoft reinventing the wheel?
formatting link
Apparently WinFS is just something that runs on top of NTFS.John Lieber wrote:
Ahhh, the wonderful world of the windows file systems.
>
> This is one of the very big downsides to using the MFC and letting windows
> handle even some of the most simplistic (is that even a word?) functions.
> Not one for wanting to bash microsoft and their underlying technologies
> such as the file system but if you do a little research you will find that > ms has
> the worst of the file systems. Hopefully the to be released in the future
> 'WinFS' will solve a lot of these issues......
>
>
>> Corey Scheich wrote:
>> > Actually I went through this with my VAR and we came up with it being
>> > a known windows problem when writing to a network. Check this link
>> >formatting link> > We did the fix suggested, and the problem only happens 90% less but I
>> > don't think it went away completely possibly because we are running XP
>> > Professional and NT Server. I think the fix is designed for 2000 >> > server.
>>
>> I've seen that MS knowledge base article. However, the suggested
>> workaround says to make a change to the registry. When I checked, the
>> registry already contained the value that the KB article said it should
>> be changed to.
>>
>> I find it more than a little odd that MS requires you call them to get
>> the 'hotfix', instead of simply providing it for download.
>>
>> Jim S.
>> --
>> Remove my extraneous mandibular appendages to reply via e-mail. >>