Agreed. This was for a legacy app; the successor app hits SQL Server.

>>Having tried all the SMB2 fixes posted here and else, and having them fail at a client site, the client's IT came across the fix described here: http://www.petri.co.il/how-to-disable-smb-2-on-windows-vista-or-server-2008.
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>>They ran it on all Vista and Win7 workstations, and the problem went away.
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>I recognized the url... same old as a couple of years ago, and while it works in most places, in some it doesn't. I.e. we had situations when a bunch of other things would become inaccessible or just plain stop running on that server when that fix was applied.
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>And also not sure if the fix survives windows update - it's been a couple of years since we completely gave up on dbfs because of this. I'd rather switch to postgres or mysql than fight Redmond over this.