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>>make sure you disable the sharing violation retries and sharing violation delay (I set both to 0):
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>>HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters
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>>SharingViolationRetries REG_DWORD 0?1000 attempts
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>>Default: 5
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>>Determines the maximum number of times the Server service attempts a file operation when the file system responds with a sharing violation error. If a client requests more attempts that the value of this entry allows, the Server service returns an error. This value entry applies to open, rename, and delete operations.
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>>SharingViolationDelay REG_DWORD 0?1000 milliseconds
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>>Default: 200
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>>Determines the time interval between repeated requests for a file operation when the file system responds with a sharing violation error. This value entry applies to open, rename, and delete operations.
>>Decreasing this value (requesting more frequently) increases network traffic. However, increasing this value (requesting less frequently) might delay users unnecesarily.
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>Thank you, Frank. I made these changes (had to add them, they were not there). Unfortunately, did not make a difference.

Hi Sorin

What are you doing to determine if something makes a difference?