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Lost share handles?

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humbletech99

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I am having a user with a problem accessing a file over a windows share to a server. He has the file open in Excel and is using it, leaves Excel open for some considerable amount of time and then when he goes to do some more work and save it he gets an error about lost writes.

The Yellow popup box in the system tray says:
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Windows - Delayed Write Failed
Windows was unable to save all the data for the file \\servername\e\dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4\94AB7160. 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."
Simultaneously on the server while this problem is occurring I go to check the open share handles and list all the files open over the shares. The file in question that is open above is not listed, so it looks like the share handle was lost and this is possibly why the user gets the error about not being able to write to the file.

There is no problem with permissions, he can save the file locally then copy it over the file at the destination but this sort of workaround should not be necessary. He can also edit the file in place, but it seems that after leaving it a while this weird behaviour happens.

Any ideas on troubleshooting or fixing this behaviour?
 
Check to see if write caching is enabled on the disk, if so uncheck the option to disable it. The first MS article below describes how you can disable write caching on the disk. Check the BIOS settings to make sure that faster UDMA modes are not being forced (also described in several of the links below). Check out the other links below as well, as they describe various problems that may cause this error. Some registry mods are provided. Have all updates been applied?

- 8 common causes for 'delayed write failed' errors


- "Delayed Write Failed" error message when you manage files in Windows XP


- "Delayed Write Failed" error message when you write a file to a server


- You receive a "Delayed Write Failed" error message in Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005


- Windows XP issues a 'Delayed Write Failed' message when you perform file management tasks?




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