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We have a problem which has only started in the past couple of months, with
opening publications saved on a shared drive, on different machines.
All machines are running Windows XP, Office 2000 and all patched the same.
They don't use Norton is any shape or form.
If I created a publication on machine 1, save it on the shared drive,
machine 2 can't open it because it is supposedly in use (even though
Publisher isn't even open on machine 1)
However if I create a file on machine 2, and save it on the same shared
drive, machine 1 can open it fine. If I then re-save the document from
machine 1, it can then not be opened on machine 2.
It's as if machine 1 isn't releasing a lock properly. Could that be so, and
how do I go about fixing it?
I know that Publisher is a bit iffy when it comes to networks, but this
never used to happen until a couple of months ago. Saving onto local hard
drives and copy files around isn't a satisfactory solution in the office
where these computers are either.
Am getting desperate to sort this problem out, so any suggested solutions
would be gratefully received!!
Thanks.
Vicky
opening publications saved on a shared drive, on different machines.
All machines are running Windows XP, Office 2000 and all patched the same.
They don't use Norton is any shape or form.
If I created a publication on machine 1, save it on the shared drive,
machine 2 can't open it because it is supposedly in use (even though
Publisher isn't even open on machine 1)
However if I create a file on machine 2, and save it on the same shared
drive, machine 1 can open it fine. If I then re-save the document from
machine 1, it can then not be opened on machine 2.
It's as if machine 1 isn't releasing a lock properly. Could that be so, and
how do I go about fixing it?
I know that Publisher is a bit iffy when it comes to networks, but this
never used to happen until a couple of months ago. Saving onto local hard
drives and copy files around isn't a satisfactory solution in the office
where these computers are either.
Am getting desperate to sort this problem out, so any suggested solutions
would be gratefully received!!
Thanks.
Vicky