file server

I've been having a problem with windows 7 and a network drive I have an smb file server on my network. On it I store a hell of alot of data. If I open that folder, and start clicking on files (to select them - not open them), the system will start suddenly lagging (while CPU use remains low)...

Windows 7 sharing is the most complex crap to deal with... Here is my problem... I have multiple computers on a local network, dealing with only Windows 7 Ultimate. One is acting as a file server, others are workstations. The server has a 2nd hard drive, totally dedicated to files that are...

I have a computer I built years ago that is used as a media center. Its attached to my TV and runs XBMC. I RDP into another session and run media manager apps and some file servers. Its prone to crashing. I disabled hardware raid in favor of using window's software raid, and that has reduced...

Fixes a paged pool memory leak issue that occurs when you access some shared files that are hosted on a file server. This issue occurs in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

Hi, I am from the IT process re-enginneering/development side and the company I work for has just decided to build a server for around 15 users. Mainly file sharing. As previous experiences I have left that to our networking guys so really no experience whatsoever. What I'm looking for is if...

Resolves an issue in which temporary Office files that are stored on a file server that is running Windows Server 2003 may not be deleted. Occurs when you use some versions of Office on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 to... More...

I have two problems with Offline Files in Windows 7 that maybe you can shed some light on. I have narrowed these problems down specifically to Offline Files in Windows 7 and have manufactured some workaround solutions, but they are not great. This is a really long forum post, I apologize...

I set up a Linux machine I want to use as a fileserver. I set up Samba I can see a folder I share that is on the same hard drive as the operating system (Ubuntu), from my Windows 7 machine, but I cannot write to it. I set read/right privledges in the Samba GUI. I want to eventually be able to...

I have a very strange problem with a new Dell optiplex Windows 7 professional Pc I am using it as a file server. I keep getting messages in the shared folders. Access denied, file in use, You don't have permission. Something thinks these files are in use and they are not. If you reboot the...

Here is an odd one. Win7 Enterprise PC connected to Server 2003 acting as a file server. For no apparent reason (no software or hardware changes on either machine) when attempting to map a drive from the server all mappings are named as 'Pen Drive' 'drive letter'. i.e mapping a shared folder...

Hi all, I connect to our file server (Windows 2003 R2) and then access the share folder. I have full permission on that folder.I tried to change the folder name or i move the folder, sometime I can change and sometime I can't change. Nobody is using that folder. At that time only one me access...

I have a small business were i have 8 computer one of them is my file server. I have Tight VNC running on them now for internal remote access. to keep it a shot storie, my router BEFSX51 Linksys being replaced by a Cisco WRVX4400N. I have all my computers setup in port rang forwarding ( server_1...

I just upgraded my HP Pavilion Entertainment PC laptop from Windows Vista to Windows 7. I have a computer in my office running Windows XP that I use as a file server, although it's not technically a file server. When I try to connect now to my Documents folder on the XP box I get a username or...

Hi, I have set 2 computers with Win 7 recently. One is my main workstation, and the other will be a home file server for documents, music, backups, etc. Both are on Win 7. Most of the time when I try to access the server or any of it's shared drives, it asks for credentials, which I...

I'm hoping someone can demystify my issue here. Scenario: - I have a file server running on Windows XP Pro we'll call it XPServer - I have two windows 7 Pro PC's, that we'll call 7Office and 7HTPC. It took me a bit to figure it out, but the windows 7 help file told me in order to call a shared...

I am the sysadmin for a WS2k3 network at a small school. All users have a "home" folder on the file server mapped as their R: drive. (Additionally, for students I have redirected their "My Documents" folder to their R: drive.) Under WinXP it worked fine. But with Win7RC I'm starting to get...

I run a small business and have a mix of Vista and XP computers. I plan to move every computer to XP or hopefully Windows 7. I have nothing good to say about Vista, other than it's pretty. And even fewer nice things to say about the Networking portions of Vista. So what's your networking...

Ok, I've been researching solutions for issues with windows 7 backup for weeks now and have had no luck. My VSS service is running fine, and everything was backing up fine til a short while ago, and has been failing since. I have been backing up to a network share on my file server. I am...

Just did a clean install (from the DVD, using the clean install in the menu ... its copied my old windows to windows.old ... did not manually format) over my 7 beta 1 on a dell precision 690 of windows 7 rc1 x64. Prior to the wipe, I copied my various VMs and files to the file server. (took...

Remote Desktop is working fine with my DC server, as well as my DCHP server but not with my file server??? They machines I rdc to are all windows 2003 enterprise servers. In vista and xp I can rdc with no problems connecting to my file server. Windows 7 gives me this error--> "Because of a...