Vista - Strange permission problems when accessing SBS 2003 network share

I've got some very strange permission problems on a Vista Laptop. In fact 2
Laptops, both with a fresh Vista install. The laptops are the only Vista
machines in the network, and the only machines experiencing this problem.. 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:

- Vista Business on a Laptop, integrated in a Domain with Windows Small
Business Server 2003
- All available updates are installed on the client and server.
- 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 network share:

- I can see all files and directories.
- I can copy a file to the network share.
- 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 other Office formats). 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 network share - Permission denied.
- I cannot copy a file from a network share to another one - Permission
denied.

Of course I have checked all the obvious things (and also some not so
obvious ones) like:

- Share permissions 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 and server have 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?

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

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
>
>