>We recently completed installation of a multi-user VFP6 application
>on 11 stations on an NT network- 10 stations are NT4 (build 1381,assorted service packs 3,4,and 5,) and one is Win98. All stations are running exactly the same version of the VFP application. The Win98 and 9 of the NT stations are all functioning properly - except when the remaining NT station has launched the application.
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>If that station has the application in use, the remaining users see the VFP "file access denied" error if they try to launch. If other users launch first, this one station throws an error (our application message)indicating that it was unable to open the required tables.
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>It is as if this one station is getting a lock on the tables if this user is first in, and it fails to open the required tables only if other users are in - as if it is requiring exclusive use (all tables and database are opened shared).
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>Any ideas ?

>>My first thought would be a security issue. A couple of things to try:

1. Try logging in to the network on the "bad" machine under the same user name as one of the "good" NT machines.

2. Try logging in on the "bad" machine as a user with Admin rights on both the local machine and whichever one is being used as the server (may require Domain admin privileges if it's NT Server).

Is the "bad" machine otherwise functioning properly on the network?
Regards. Al<<

Al -

Thanks.

Something New: This user's system was taken Thursday for hardware folks to rebuild due to dramaticaly reduced speed. When returned today the user mistakenly set up a new shortcut to the network drive folder that stores the VFP exe files for installations. The application ran from the server with no problem.

I'll try #1 tomorrow, can't try #2 without IT (This is a co-operative but "go slow" area - so far I've asked IT to let me know if there is anything different about this user's access.) I'll also try logging in on one of the "good" machine's as the user with the problem. Couldn't hurt. The "bad" machine seems to function on the network in terms of Lotus Notes, Notes mail - otherwise these folks do not share files(except for VFP).

I'll run through some of the other suggestions from the kind folks who responded and will post any success.

Eleanor