Thanks for the tip, but I solved the problem in the meantime. As soon as I
removed Kaspersky Antivirus from all servers and the Vista clients it worked.
Only removing Kaspersky from the client was not enough.
"mikelinstead@hotmail.com" wrote:
> On Jun 12, 6:00 am, Martin Ennemoser
> <MartinEnnemo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I've got some very strange permission problems on aVistaLaptop. In fact 2
> > Laptops, both with a freshVistainstall. The laptops are the onlyVista
> > machines in the network, and the only machines experiencing thisproblem.. It
> > boils down to the fact that I can do some things which require
> > read/write/execute permissions, while other things don't work. I really don't
> > have a clue what else I can try, so hopefully someone is able to help me.
> >
> > This is the environment:
> >
> > -VistaBusiness on a Laptop, integrated in a Domain with Windows Small
> > BusinessServer2003
> > - All available updates are installed on the client andserver.
> > - Client is logged on with a Domain User account that is in the Local
> > Administrators Group.
> >
> > Here are some of the things I am able to do on the networkshare:
> >
> > - I can see all files and directories.
> > - I can copy a file to the networkshare.
> > - I can open text files, change and save them.
> > - I can open PDF files in Adobe Reader.
> > - I can create a new document in Word and save it.
> >
> > And here are the things where I have permission problems:
> >
> > - I cannot open a Word document (I also tried otherOfficeformats). The
> > error message says "Permission denied. Please contact administrator"
> > (translated from German, may not be accurate)
> > - I cannot make a copy of a file on the networkshare- Permission denied.
> > - I cannot copy a file from a networkshareto another one - Permission
> > denied.
> >
> > Of course I have checked all the obvious things (and also some not so
> > obvious ones) like:
> >
> > -Sharepermissions are set correctly.
> > - NTFS permissions are set correctly.
> > - 3rd party virus software is removed from the laptop.
> > - UAC and Windows Defender are disabled.
> > - All accounts on the client andserverhave passwords.
> >
> > I even tried to change the LAN Manager authentication level on the client. I
> > also tried logging in with the Domain Admin account on the client, but the
> > problems are the same.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Have a look at this discussion which sounds a bit similar.
>
> Vista/Office 2k3 "Access Denied" in Documents Folder
> http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.c...1379408&page=1
>
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