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Windows-Delayed Write Failed.

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by ashantajohnson

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Received this error when trying to save an excel file to a shared drive: Windows-Delayed Write Failed.
Windows was unable to save all the data for the file ____________. The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere.

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by zombiebot

Hi

I seem to remember I once encountered a similar problem with an Access database on a network drive. In the end I resolved the problem by disabling the scanning of network files in the AV client on the PC.

Hope this helps,

Rob

by Member 30634329

I've seen this before when the link speed and/or duplex on the NIC did not negotiate properly with the switch port and there was a mismatch.
If both your switch port and NIC are set to Auto-negotiate, try setting them both to 100/Full and see if the problem goes away.
Check this on both the server and the PC.

by msanter1

I had this error when saving/compacting MS Access 2003 database on server. Tried a few tips at support.microsoft.com, but nothing worked. Tried Bill's tip...changed NIC speed/duplex setting from "Auto" to "100/Full", and the problem immediately cleared up. Thanks, Bill!

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