Recently used files won’t delete

[Wizdar]

I’m on a network with most of my files in a personal drive on the network. XP Pro with Office XP Pro and all service packs installed.

Files that are recently closed will not delete for several minutes. I get an error (after 15+ seconds) telling me that the file is still open or being used by another user.

What’s strange is that I can rename the files with no problem.

I tried to open the task manager during this process, which then immediately closes the explorer window to that drive. (No office programs other than Outlook are shown running.) I can’t access the drive in explorer again until the error message is displayed.

Aside from a baseball bat, is there anything that can be done?

 

[nightowl17]

IF you boot in safe mode you will be able to deleate the files
nightowl17

 

[Wizdar]

The files will delete. But they have to be closed for several minutes first.

 

[marcus1234]

Try adjusting your down poll rate, in advanced settings on your network card. It is probably 8 by default but try changing to 64.

 

[debonairOne]

I have a similar problem, what does adjusting the down poll rate do (exactly)... debonairOne

"I look in the mirror and what do I see..."

 

[SDELISLE]

Similar problem, only after I install the Xp Pro Sp1,

What is the Poll Rate, I don't find it on my netword card advanced tab..

 

[marcus1234]

It's the interval between the card polling the network to ensure connectivity. Increasing the figure extends the time, decreasing the network traffic on the NIC.

I found this helped.

 

[dtorres]

This might help you all out. I ran into the simiar problem. Look for this Knowledge Base Article on MS Site. Sorry I don't have it bookmarked, but this is the article number.

331519 - Network File Errors Occur After You Install WinXP SP1.

Hope this helps.

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