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Office XP hangs saving to network drive

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by tech_know

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I have Office XP installed on Windows 2000 machines. I am running Novell 5.1 as the server OS. When some of my users try to save to a network drive, their PC freezes and they eventually have to shut their PC down. They have all the latest Windowsand Office patches applied. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

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by budthegrey

It is very important that you be using the latest Netware client software (4.83, w/SP1, http://download.novell.com). I also recommend that you install it in sigle protocol mode (IP or IPX, which ever is appropriate for your environment). Disable client-side caching.

A visit to http://www.ithowto.com will yeild some hints on how to make the novell client even faster.

HTH

by tech_know

Sorry - this did not help. All patches are applied. If disable the CDRW it doesn't happen.

by pierrejamme

In addition to what Bud has to say, there is a patch to apply after 4.83SP1, that deals with opening multiple files in XP. See: TID #: 2963384

by tech_know

Sorry - this did not help. All patches are applied. If disable the CDRW it doesn't happen.

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