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excel file "locked for editing" by either same or different user

I am in the middle of migrating a small office from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003 SBS. I have copied their main data folder over to the new server and am getting edit lock messages on the excel data files, either being locked by the same person, or a different person.

I designated the new server as a DC but with a different domain name.
The old DC is still online, but the clients having trouble are both ones logging into the new or old domain.

I almost seems like some edit lock is not getting properly released.

I have tried to disable SMB signing on the new server, in group policy but not sure it i did it in the right place. do i need to disable SMB signing on the old server too?

Thanks.

Michael Ebbeson

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info update:
It appears that this lock problem is limited to a specific type of excel spreadsheet the user get, which is somewhat complex, and contains a bunch of macros.

And if they copy the file from the shared network folder to their local C: drive, they do not get the lock message.

Thanks.

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patrickab

pgmtech,

Are you sure the file is not 'shared'?

Patrick

Michael Ebbeson

ASKER

Thanks Patrick for chiming in.

I'm pretty sure it's the index service.

Once i cleared the indexing for that folder as per the above mentioned article, all of the locks just vanished.

Michael

patrickab

Michael, At least you've cracked the problem, - Patrick

Michael Ebbeson

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yep! But they won't give me my points! :(

excel file &quot;locked for editing&quot; by either same or different user

excel file "locked for editing" by either same or different user