Indeed they do, Peter... in fact it is XP that has a different locking mechanism than all the others.

See MSKB #812696. The discussion there is limited to peer-to-peer, but it looks like you've found yet another sitaution where it applies.

Personally, I think the new XP implementation decision-maker should be SHOT forthwith < s >

good luck

>Hello Jos, it only happens with Win2K clients so it can't be the Fox version, I've a feeling Win2K and XP have different file locking methods