>Tony
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>I am delighted to see your post, since we saw the exact problem last year.
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>We cannot solve it fully. It seems that at least one user takes a full file lock on files it uses, whether they be .dbf or .exe files, cutting everybody else out. I believe there is an optimistic/pessimistic lock setting in the novell client. Is that it?
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>If you sort it out, *please* email my uk address (jryan@platocis.co.uk)!!
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>Regards
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>JR

John,
I am not even sure what the REAL problem is.. But, I just want to know, whty would VFP care what network protocol is being used??

No one has been able to tell me about this...

And.. ehhmmmm, none of the tech reps from Microsoft have even tried to jump into this thread..

Thanks!