I have several Windows 2000 computers that are doing the same thing. If you open Excel97, then try to open a spreadsheet, it will tell you that another file by the same name is open, but it isn't. You can close the error message and the file will open anyway. These computers have Win2kSP2, and Excel (Office 97) SR2. They are on a Novell 4.11 network, but Excel and the files are located on the HDD. Does anyone know of a fix?