>Thanks Ed. The cabling is definitely suspect as this $350M company lives in trailers!
>

Well, you changed server hardware and OS and the problem persisted, pointing at something that didn't change...

>Ken
>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>We have a client that is receiving this message intermittantly. According to the VFP Docs, it means that the operating system is not letting VFP have access to the file. I cannot reproduce the error myself, I have only a frustrated client who faxes me screen shots with the error message.
>>>
>>>The NOS was Novell until last weekend when they switched to W2000 and installed new hardware. They were getting the message before the change of NOS and I had hoped it would go away but it is back.
>>>
>>>Any ideas ?
>>
>>Check the cabling and station NIC.