Windows XP and Netware --- UGH

[Robert Haussmann]

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> Bob,
> 
> Your suggestions had us looking for service pack installations.  We 
> found that one is available for the client.
> 
> A service pack 4.9 for the client is currently being 
> installed on all XP 
> boxes.
> 
> It looks to improve the network performance.
> 

As a bare minimum, use 4.9SP2 for XP.  A lot of places feel that 4.9
is still too new, and take a more conservative approach and
run 4.83SP3 (that's what we do).  The main 4.9 offering is that
it is not subject to a 2Gig file size limit.  If that doesn't
apply to you, you might want to look at 4.83SP3.  That's pretty
bulletproof.

> After the error occurred, a quick look with the browser 
> indicated that 
> the drive was still mounted and browsable.
> 

That is very good.  You don't want to get into the strange disconnect
issue that affects a very small/specific combination of OS/NIC/client.

> One such error locked an entire file for the time it took to 
> resolve to 
> the error message. (About 4 minutes)
> 
> We are hopeful the service pack is the solution so we will be 
> waiting to 
> see if there is any difference before changing anything else.
> 
> I will have version numbers and such if the service pack does 
> not solve 
> the problem.
> 

No problem!

Bob