>>Ocassionaly, when I try to delete a file from our Netware 5.x file
>>server, I get the message "Cannot delete : access is denied"
>>"Make sure the disk is not write protect or full". This disk is
>>neither. This happens ocassionaly. Perhaps 10% of the time. Sometimes
>>if I try to delete the file again 2 or 3 times, I finally can.
>>Otherwise, if I wait for a few hours I can delete the file. Nobody
>>else has the files open.
>
>Any chance a backup device (either physical or software) could be using the file?

No chance. The backups run from 11pm to 4am without exception. I can delete the files without problems on other workstations. Only these two Acer TravelMates have problems.