Thanks for the input.... At this point I am still awaiting input from the user.... Really, really appreciate everyone's help!
Regards, Desmond On 3 July 2013 14:51, Richard Kaye <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > You've been lucky. The issues I referenced can affect VFP, Access, FMP and > so on. MS introduced changes to the SMB protocol in versions of Windows > since Vista; desktop & server. There are different patches and registry > changes that can restore stability. It seems to revolve around the OS > making (bad) decisions on when data is written to disk for shared files > like indexes. At least that's my simplified understanding. Perhaps Christof > will chime in at some point with the real technical explanation. :-) > > -- > rk > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan > Covill > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 3:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: VFP9: File Read Error on an Index File: Windows 8 > > At one time I considered myself an authority on index corruption, but that > was a long time ago. I cannot recall any problems whatsoever using > VFP9 on Vista or Win 7. That includes both stand-alone and File Server > systems. > > Dan Covill > > On 07/03/13 10:43 AM, Richard Kaye wrote: > > Hi Desmond, > > > > There are known issues with file based databases like VFP with Windows > from Vista forward. (Well technically I've seen Vista & & referenced but > have no reason to believe that 8 isn't also affected.) I suggest a little > search using something like "file corruption SMB". > > > > Here are some links that I've found useful: > > <http://www.caseware.com/support/caseknowledge/kb-271> > > <http://www.dataaccess.com/whitepapers/opportunlockingreadcaching.html > > > > > <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/832d395b-6e6f-4658-8dbb > > -120138a4cd7c/smb2-registry-settings> > > > > -- > > rk > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/caajxvanaxzeal0-znqdaqvm8bteupvu3qphrevkwjkbxgzn...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
