[LU] NON LU:- IT Help (Windows 7 computers locking files on Server 2012)

2014-01-15 Thread Errand Fivefold
Hi guys, just wondering if anyone has seen this happen or knows a solution. In an office environment where I am currently working, everyone uses a shared W Drive and all have full access to this. It seems that when copying/moving/deleting files that the Windows 7 PCs quite often will lock

Re: [LU] NON LU:- IT Help (Windows 7 computers locking files on Server 2012)

2014-01-15 Thread Joe Skinner
To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: [LU] NON LU:- IT Help (Windows 7 computers locking files on Server 2012) Hi guys, just wondering if anyone has seen this happen or knows a solution. In an office environment where I am currently working, everyone uses a shared W Drive and all have

[LU] NON LU:- IT Help (Windows 7 computers locking files on Server 2012)

2014-01-15 Thread Errand Fivefold
: Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 12:08 Subject: RE: [LU] NON LU:- IT Help (Windows 7 computers locking files on Server 2012) Have had similar problems, which was something to do with read/write permissions but as I'm not IT, can't give you the technical answer. Sorry. presumably everyone is a read

Re: [LU] NON LU:- IT Help (Windows 7 computers locking files on Server 2012)

2014-01-15 Thread Eric B
check out CIFS oplocks and maybe turn them off. I suspect XP doesnt use the same version of CIFS oplocks. Be in the know of what version of SMB is being used. I think 2.1 is the latest. Eric On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Errand Fivefold errand.fivef...@talk21.com wrote: Hi guys, just