Just another update:

I am now working with Barry McGugan. I conducted some tests relating to LockViolationDelay settings and the old SMB protocol. Barry's last email to me was:

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Thanks for getting this tested so quickly. I understand your concern and will do what I can. I have to push this up to the development support team and get some good attention to it. We have already got some inroads due to background discussions that have been occurring with the program managers, so hopefully it will help push this along. I will let you know as we move this along.

Barry McGugan, Support Escalation Engineer
Commercial Technical Support
Platforms Networking Team

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