"Ian Robert" <Ian-586-dex@noemail.postalias> wrote in message
news:F9832501-A32A-46E1-BB96-506BD825F060@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> A vista laptop has a mapped drive to a SBS2003 server.
> The laptop is able to browse the share and open files, permissions on the
> share a full control.
> However, the vista laptop cannot edit documents directly in word or excel
> 2007.
> An error saying the file has not been saved or in word that the file has
> not
> been saved probably due to a network problem appears. If I open a blank
> document in word or excel and then attempt to save it directly to the
> network
> share, the file is created but no information is stored in it before the
> error that it could not be saved is displayed.
>
> A file can be saved to the desktop of the vista laptop and dragged to the
> mapped drive to store it...but this isn't really ideal.
>
> Assistance would be appreciated as I've never seen this kind of problem
> before.
>
Do you use CA antivirus? There is an option there to protect network drives.
This is known to cause this problem.
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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca