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MSDN Release Notes - October 2009

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:05:18 Z

This release contains updates made to protocol documents since the last release. The following new documents have been added to the document set:

· Microsoft Communications Protocol Program (MCPP) Documents: MS-CIFS and MS-WFIM

· Work Group Server Protocol Program (WSPP) Documents: MS-CIFS

· Application Services and .NET Framework Protocols: MS-AXDS, MS-FTPS, MS-QLPB, MS-RNDIS, MS-WSPOL, and MS-WSSEC.

Preview versions of the following new documents are located on the Preview Specifications node:

· MS-DISO, MS-FSA, and MS-WSO

The following known issues exist in the October, 2009 release:

Underscore characters are not always visible in code in the PDF files depending on the magnification selected by the user. Those characters are present in printed versions.
Information in a table row may split across two pages.
Table borders are not always visible depending upon the magnification selected by the user. Borders are present in printed versions of the PDF.
Cross-protocol links are only functional when the PDF files for the protocols are in the same folder.

Note: Links in the PDFs don’t resolve in Adobe Reader 9 because Adobe has changed the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9. To access links, perform the following procedure:

1. In Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit menu and click Preferences.

2. In the Categories list, click Documents.

3. Under PDF/A View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents to Never, and click OK.

Additional details on changing the setting can be located via the Adobe help site: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html

Easy Transfer Problem

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:44:48 Z

After 10 years of using XP-Pro microsoft tells me it's not genuine! So purchased Win7 Home Premium, could no longer download and install updates, etc, so had to use File Transfer avail in XP. Transferred settings and files to external drive, system said it was successful! Now trying to transfer to new OS (win7) from external drive, the only folder on the drive is USMT2.UNC which is approx. 6.4 gigs; keep getting error: "No items match your search"=win7 or "folder does not contain required files"= XP program. At any rate in both versions I can't open the folder and access the data. Does Win 7 use a different name for the folder that I can rename my existing folder to?? I do have the windows.old file still on my "C" drive, should I give up and just copy & paste my data into the appropriate folders?? Really need those existing files, had wanted the settings because my wireless internet connection won't stay (no matter what I do) and thought the old settings might help with that. Need some suggestions PLEASE>

MSDN Release Notes - August 2009

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:24:41 Z

This release contains updates made to protocol documents since the last release. The following new documents have been added to the document set:

· Overview Documents: MS-AUTHSO, MS-CAESO, MS-CSSO, MS-FSSO, MS-MSSO, MS-NAPSO, and MS-PSSO

· Microsoft Communications Protocol Program (MCPP) Documents: MS-DCHT and MS-DCLB

The following known issues exist in the August, 2009 release:

Underscore characters are not always visible in code in the PDF files depending on the magnification selected by the user. Those characters are present in printed versions.
Information in a table row may split across two pages.
Table borders are not always visible depending upon the magnification selected by the user. Borders are present in printed versions of the PDF.
Cross-protocol links are only functional when the PDF files for the protocols are in the same folder.

Note: Links in the PDFs don’t resolve in Adobe Reader 9 because Adobe has changed the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9. To access links, perform the following procedure:

1. In Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit menu and click Preferences.

2. In the Categories list, click Documents.

3. Under PDF/A View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents to Never, and click OK.

Additional details on changing the setting can be located via the Adobe help site: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html

How to Disable SMB2 Caching on a per application basis, or how to detect SMB2 ?

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:00:05 Z

In a large legacy application, a lot of multiuser synchronisation is happening using a simple system whereby a workstation makes a file on the network and expects other workstations to see this file. The original workstation deletes the file when other workstations are free to proceed. A sort of rudimentary cross-workstation Mutex in other words.

This worked well enough so far, but is now broken when SMB2.0 is in use (Server 2008 + Vista clients).

Due to this being legacy, I can't afford to rewrite and spend a lot of time on this.

Now... while a lot of places this sort of checks are done, there's only a few places that are actually trying to prevent access. So I see several ways out of this...

1) Disable SMB2.0 caching for the application only. Disabling SMB2 entirely is a performance penalty I'm not sure we can impose upon the users (I doubt it)... Is this possible ?
2) Somehow 'force' a reread of the cache, But since checking happens a lot, I can't afford just waiting the timeout period here. It does need to force a reread "now". Is this possible ?
3) Is it possible to detect that connection to a specific server is happening with SMB2 ? Since the actions that impose restrictions are rather limited, I could get my way out with a simple messabox and a disclaimer and some minor tweaks to the code (not ideal, but acceptable in this case). But I don't want to give this messagebox when I don't have to.

Thanks

access denied when i trying to open a notepad file the file is in green colour because it is hidden

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:41:02 Z

i am using a windows xp sp3. i logged in as administrator. i created a notepad and typed some confidential information in it. So, i hide that notepad file. when i unhidden and tried to open that file it throws the ACCESS DENIED. It is more important file. Please help me to sort out this is problem. consider me as a beginner

ACL Auto Inheritance Bits

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:43:35 Z

Hi,

I've been researching and trying to understand ACL auto inheritance and have found something surprising. I've written smbtorture tests that show that a security descriptor is not quite set as a "bag of bytes", because of the auto inheritance bits. For example, if you get a DACL, set that DACL and get the DACL again, the two DACLs retrieved will be different from each other.

I've tracked this down to two bits related to ACL auto inheritance. The bits are "SE_DACL_AUTO_INHERITED" and "SE_DACL_AUTO_INHERIT_REQ", defined here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394402(VS.85).aspx

I've found that these 2 bits are responsible for setting the SE_DACL_AUTO_INHERITED bit on the server, but only if both of them are set to true. In the three other cases, the SE_DACL_AUTO_INHERITED bit is set to false.

I have a few questions about these bits:
1) Why is the SE_DACL_AUTO_INHERIT_REQ bit necessary?
2) Is it really necessary to make the SE_DACL_AUTO_INHERITED bit dependent on both bits?
3) What exactly does the Windows client do with these bits?
4) Will it be problematic if I have an SMB server which always sets the SE_DACL_AUTO_INHERITED bit to true? What will this cause Windows clients to do (or not do)?

I've been looking all over for answers to these questions, but have been unable to find anything that goes in to detail.

Thanks,
Zack

MSDN Release Notes - June 2009

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:36:24 Z

This release contains updates made to protocol documents since the last release. The following new documents have been added to the document set:

· Overview Documents: MS-RMSO and MS-WSUSO

· Microsoft Communications Protocol Program (MCPP) Documents: MS-NBTE, MS-TSRV, and MS-WSTC

· Work Group Server Protocol Program (WSPP) Documents: MS-NBTE

· Application Services and .NET Framework Protocols: MS-PROPSTORE, MS-SHLLINK, and MS-WDSOSD

The following known issues exist in the June, 2009 release:

Underscore characters are not always visible in code in the PDF files depending on the magnification selected by the user. Those characters are present in printed versions.
Information in a table row may split across two pages.
Table borders are not always visible depending upon the magnification selected by the user. Borders are present in printed versions of the PDF.
Cross-protocol links are only functional when the PDF files for the protocols are in the same folder.

Note: Links in the PDFs don’t resolve in Adobe Reader 9 because Adobe has changed the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9. To access links, perform the following procedure:

1. In Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit menu and click Preferences.

2. In the Categories list, click Documents.

3. Under PDF/A View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents to Never, and click OK.

Additional details on changing the setting can be located via the Adobe help site: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html

Zero-length byte range locks

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:33:45 Z

Hi guys,

MS-FSBO does a great job of explaining the semantics of zero-length byte range locks, but I'm having difficulty understanding what a Windows application would use them for. Can you give any examples of what a zero-length byte range lock can do that a normal byte range lock cannot?

Do you have any real world examples of applications which use and depend on zero-length byte range locks?

Thanks,
Zack

Create a file on the Remote Server using ASP.NET application

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:42:48 Z

Hi All,

I want my ASP.NET application (VB.NET Code behind) to create a text file on a remote server (destServerName)

Dim destFilePath As String = "\\destServerName\desttemp\srcfilename.TXT"

Try
File.Create(destFilePath)
Catch ex As Exception
UtilityTier.ApplicationError.ReportError("SIInitAndEduInterface-btnUploadFile", ex.Message)
End Try

Exception Message:- "Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password"

Server "destServerName" is running Windows 2003

Folder 'desttemp' is having fullcontrol to Everyone,Network Service account

Note:I gave all permissions in the Netman-->Security for "Network Service"

Regards
Sri

I lost my ms-word 2007 file that saved in server

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:07:23 Z

Dear all,

I just lost my word 2007 file that saved in server when I was editing this. A crash happened - word application cannot still open this file and must be closed. After that, my file cannot be found and I have talk to my admin to help me solve this problem but he gives up. Please tell me what realy happened and how to recover my file? FYI, I saved and lost this file at the same day.

Thankyou

windows 7 easy transfer probleme "cannot open file"

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:41:20 Z

I did the easy transfer on the win7 ver 86 on the "same computer" using different had drives. subsequently to preforming the restore I manuallly copied and pasted the easy transfer file to one of the other (4) hard drives to make romm for the install on my drive of choice. Aftarwards i found WET cannot open the file. So I am keeping the easy transfer foldr in case i find a way to open the contents which I really would like to havve "old pictures of family". It is a 70 gig Mig file along with all the files that come when you do an easy transfer. To complicate matters I have since switched my system to the 64 bit version. this week I will be installing the RTM. Howevr I will kjeep this 70 gig windows transfer file inhopes that there is a way to access individual files. I am no longer interested in having the easy transfer rstore all my settings. I simply want to get at the "My Pictures" file and maybe the "my docum,ents"

Right now when I run the easy transfer program and go thjrou the motions it just says "cannot open file"

Thanks in advance for any help and for moving this to a more approppriate forum if needed.

Davgai

UNC Windows Vista Refresh network folder

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:48:01 Z

Hi All,

I don't know if is the correct place to post this but

I have a problem with the refresh of network folder but only if I try to access it via unc like \\server\root

If I try to create a folder inside root it will be created but to view it I have to press F5 but

I try to do it mapping network drive I can see the refresh correctly .

Then I had the same problem with the desktop that is on a remote server and I have solved it

doing this :

Adding the string "Max Cached Icons" with value "12000" to the following key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

Adding the dword NoSimpleNetIDList with value set to "1"

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\

Do anyone has any clue ?

Thanks in advance

How can i get a root directory of a samba server in my program

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:50:27 Z

i mean, it is very easy to list the directory of "\\server\anyshare", but how can I get the list of directory "\\server"

SMB2 registry settings

Mon, 25 May 2009 09:28:41 Z

We have had some major problems with our application running in an environment with Windows 2008 SP1 (or later) and Windows Vista SP1 (or later). The problems seemed to be some kind of caching in SMB2 – and it was seen in our application when we created database-files with the Pervasive PSQL engine and afterwards tried to see if it was created with a FindFirstFile (Kernel32.dll). The FindFirstFile returns false even though the file exists but if we wait for approximately 6 seconds – the result from FindFirstFile is true.

Disabling SMB2 on the server or on the client machine fixed the issue. However we have also found one single document on the internet which mentions some registry setting which allow us to only disable some of the “features” in SMB2. Can anyone direct us to any kind of information/documentation on the following registry settings?

FileInfoCacheLifetime

FileNotFoundCacheLifetime

DirectoryCacheLifetime

They are all DWord values located under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM

\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters and seems to be enough to fix the problem in our case.

MSDN Release Notes - April 2009

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:45:41 Z

This release contains updates made to protocol documents since the last release. The following new documents have been added to the document set:

· Overview Documents: MS-TSSO and MS-WMSO

· MCPP Document: MS-PTPT

· Application Services and .NET Framework Documents: MS-WDSMA, MS-WDSMSI, and MS-WDSMT

The following known issues exist in the April, 2009 release:

Underscore characters are not always visible in code in the PDF files depending on the magnification selected by the user. Those characters are present in printed versions.
Information in a table row may split across two pages.
Table borders are not always visible depending upon the magnification selected by the user. Borders are present in printed versions of the PDF.
Cross-protocol links are only functional when the PDF files for the protocols are in the same folder.

Note: Links in the PDFs don’t resolve in Adobe Reader 9 because Adobe has changed the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9. To access links, perform the following procedure:

1. In Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit menu and click Preferences.

2. In the Categories list, click Documents.

3. Under PDF/A View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents to Never, and click OK.

Additional details on changing the setting can be located via the Adobe help site: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html

Should renames break oplocks?

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:55:26 Z

I can't come up with a technical reason why a CIFS server should not break oplocks on a rename, but in testing we've found that Windows 7 does not. As far as I can tell, if the server does not break oplocks on a rename, it breaks semantics. Oplocks are a performance enhancing feature that shouldn't actually change the behavior of a program. Imagine client1 is sitting in a loop: opening a log file, writing to the log file and closing the log file. Client2 moves the log file to a different name, between the first and second loop iterations.

If client1 did not request oplocks, the second loop iteration would begin writing to a newly created file (or fail). This is the behavior that we should still have, when a client starts using Oplocks.

If client1 requested a batch oplock and the server breaks oplocks on a rename, the second loop iteration would also begin writing to a newly created file (or fail).

However, if client1 requested a batch oplock and the server does not break oplocks on a rename (like Win7), the second loop iteration would continue writing to the old file, which now has a different file name. This behavior seems incorrect, because we've allowed oplocks to change the behavior of our program.

Am I missing something here or is this a Windows 7 bug?

Thanks!
Zack

Retrieve Lost Offline Files

Thu, 28 May 2009 00:24:03 Z

I'm not sure this is the correct forum, but please direct me to the correct one, because I need help. Here's my problem: I have a local computer that was mapped to a network folder that allowed synchronizing offline files. The problem is I've lost the files. I know they are on the hard drive because of the lack of free space available on the hard disk. I can't account for 8 gigs of missing files. My guess is the offline files are in the windows\CSC folder, but I can't find it. I've downloaded the cscmd tool but I do not have the exact original share name it was mapped to on the network. All I need to do is retrieve the Offline Files. I do not need to sync them again. I just need to access them on the local computer.

Binary comparison utility for the executables

Tue, 19 May 2009 12:06:28 Z

Hi All,

Please help me if you have an idea on this. I am creating the same exe or dll from the same set of source code at different times. I did a binary comparison on these exe’s using Microsoft utilities like fc /b, windiff, and comp. I did a comparison using the third party comparison tool called Beyond comapare. But these systems are saying that the exe’s are different. Microsoft is saying that the date and time details are internally storing with the executables. If anybody has an idea how can I get a comparison result by avoiding these date and time details using some tools running from the command prompt?

Thanks,
Bimal

iPAQ File Store

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:20:58 Z

IPAQ RZ1710 has a up to 25 MB user available memory (includes 10 MB of iPAQ File Store). How the iPAQ File Store may be changed up to 15 Mb?

ActiveSync 4.5 can not convert files to Pocket PC

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:30:33 Z

I had to do a hard reset on my Pocket PC and now ActiveSync 4.5 can not convert files when I try to copy files from my hard drive to my Pocket PC.

It keeps telling me:

"Unable to convert file xxxxx.xxx
A device attached to my system is not functioning"

I tried to hard reset my Pocket PC again and I uninstalled ActiveSync and reinstalled it, but keep getting the same error.

Can someone please help me?

I run Windows XP Media with the latest service pack installed.
My Pocket PC runs Windows Mobil 6.0

MSDN Release Notes - March 2009

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:21:04 Z

This release contains updates made to protocol documents since the last release. The following new documents have been added to the document set:

· Overview Documents: MS-GPSO and MS-MGSO

· Application Services and .NET Framework Protocols: MC-APDSU, MC-CSDL, MC-EDMX, MC-MQDSRP, and MS-WDSC

In addition, [MS-NETCEX] is now called [MC-NETCEX].

The following known issues exist in the March, 2009 release:

Underscore characters are not always visible in code in the PDF files depending on the magnification selected by the user. Those characters are present in printed versions.
Information in a table row may split across two pages.
Table borders are not always visible depending upon the magnification selected by the user. Borders are present in printed versions of the PDF.
Cross-protocol links are only functional when the PDF files for the protocols are in the same folder.

Note: Links in the PDFs don’t resolve in Adobe Reader 9 because Adobe has changed the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9. To access links, perform the following procedure:

1. In Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit menu and click Preferences.

2. In the Categories list, click Documents.

3. Under PDF/A View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents to Never, and click OK.

Additional details on changing the setting can be located via the Adobe help site: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html

FindFirstFile API Fails over Mapped Drives, Windows Vista

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:10:37 Z

Hello Folks

I have a program running just fine on WinXP and Win2k.
This programs uses FindFirstFile API kernel32.dll to verify some file paths!

If you search for a local file like "C:\Users\Samuel\Documents\SomeFile.txt". The function returns True!
If the file really exist!

But trying to verify a file path from a mapped drive on windows 2003 server, the function fails allways, even if the file exists!

For Example:
Drive M:\ is mapped to \\as002eav\Dados$

Using a path like: "M:\Comum\log.txt" to FindFirstFile function, It fails allways when running app on windows Vista (SP1, and all patchs from windows update applied).

The file path is correct. The file really exist.

The same app allways work fine when running on WinXP.

BUT:

Instead of using the mapped drive letter M:\ , you use UNC:
"\\as002eav\Dados$\Comum\log.txt"

This now WORKS fine on Vista too!

Is this a real BUG for Vista? There is a workarround, or a fix pack?

Thanks

Samuel Pizarro
Estância Árvore da Vida

MSDN Release Notes - January 2009 (posted 02-04-09)

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:59:28 Z

This release contains updates made to protocol documents since the last release.

Windows Server Protocols (WSPP) contains the following new specification:

· [MS-CSSP]: Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) Protocol

The following known issues exist in the January, 2009 Release:

Underscore characters are not always visible in code in the PDF files depending on the magnification selected by the user. Those characters are present in printed versions.
Information in a table row may split across two pages.
Table borders are not always visible depending upon the magnification selected by the user. Borders are present in printed versions of the PDF.
Cross-protocol links are only functional when the PDF files for the protocols are in the same folder.

Note: Links in the PDFs don’t resolve in Adobe Reader 9 because Adobe has changed the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9. To access links, perform the following procedure:

1. In Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit menu and click Preferences.

2. In the Categories list, click Documents.

3. Under PDF/A View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents to Never, and click OK.

Additional details on changing the setting can be located via the Adobe help site: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html

Strange SMB1 traffic during mouse move over files in File Explorer

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:43:49 Z

We are parsing and intercepting smb traffic in our product. can anyone help to explain the below

Client and Server

client is : Win2K Prof English with SP4, multilanguage set to Chinese Simplified

server is : Win2003 Server English

User scenarios and symptoms:

Slow mouse move when hovering over files (on a remote share) in Explorer:

1) when moving over a file & the ToolTip is opened, the mouse seems to hang.

2) when selecting a file (in Explorer) & then trying to move to another file, it hanged again.

Following is capture segment of a network trace of request/responses, taken at the client size.

Pck# Time src IP dst IP

< Req < 13 0.501996 10.104.19.7 10.100.5.68 SMB Trans2 Request, FIND_FIRST2, Pattern: \07080\isos\AREA01\cd2010801.err

> Rep > 14 0.502547 10.100.5.68 10.104.19.7 SMB Trans2 Response, FIND_FIRST2, Files: cd2010801.err

< Req < 15 0.503136 10.104.19.7 10.100.5.68 SMB Trans2 Request, QUERY_PATH_INFO, Query File Basic Info, Path: \07080\isos\AREA01\cd2010801.err\desktop.ini

> Rep > 16 0.517058 10.100.5.68 10.104.19.7 SMB Locking AndX Request, FID: 0x800f

< Req < 17 0.517362 10.104.19.7 10.100.5.68 SMB Close Request, FID: 0x800f

The issue is seen with packets #14 + #15. In the reply packet #14, we see that "cd2010801.err" is a file and *NOT* a directory. Then, in packet #15 the client is applying QUERY_PATH_INFO on \07080\isos\AREA01\cd2010801.err\desktop.ini although he received that cd2010801.err is a file and so the path is invalid

1. Why does the client attempts a QUERY_Path_INFO on "\07080\isos\AREA01\cd2010801.err\desktop.ini" although cd2010801.err is a file and not a directory.

2. Is this a known bug/issue ? serial number ? any related KB articles ? workaround?

Thank you, --Yariv

MSDN Release Notes — December 2008 (posted on 01-07-09)

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:38:40 Z

MSDN Release Notes — December 2008

This release includes document changes made since the previous release. A major change for this release is the addition of new protocol documents for Windows 7 Beta 1. This release also contains a new version of [MS-SMB2]: Server Message Block (SMB) Version 2 Protocol Specification.

Issues specific to the December release include:

1. References to [MS-SMB2] are not consistent in the document set with respect to identifying the version of the protocol. All references will be changed from Version 2.0 to Version 2 for the January release.

2. Links to [MS-SMB] and [MS-SMB2] do not work in certain specific contexts—for example, when they appear in [MS-REF] or in Section 1.2 References within some protocol specifications. The January release will contain working links.

The following known issues exist in the December Release:

Underscore characters are not always visible in code in the PDF files depending on the magnification selected by the user. Those characters are present in printed versions.
Information in a table row may split across two pages.
Table borders are not always visible depending upon the magnification selected by the user. Borders are present in printed versions of the PDF.
Cross-protocol links are only functional when the PDF files for the protocols are in the same folder.

Note: Links in the PDFs don’t resolve in Adobe Reader 9 because Adobe has changed the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9. To access links, perform the following procedure:

1. In Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit menu and click Preferences.
2. In the Categories list, click Documents.
3. Under PDF/A View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents to Never, and click OK.

Additional details on changing the setting can be located via the Adobe help site: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html

issue with offline folder synchronization on a san

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:05:16 Z

I have a situation with a user's My Document to be available offline on her laptop. Other users seems to be working properly.

It keeps indicates access denied on the sub-folders in H:\My Documents (H: being user's home drive)

I have tried/checked all the followings:

· Make sure her Home Folder is set on AD

· Make sure she has full access to her home folder and all files & folders under it

· Tried cleared all offline file/folders and reset sync

· Tried deleted her laptop window profile and recreate a new one

· Tried setup her on another loaner laptop
· Check and confirm user's laptop does not have Embassy Suite software installed

Here’s the last thing that I tried this morning:

· Sign on as myself to the same loaner laptop that been use to test the above

· Point My Document to Michelle’s My Document (\\relo-fs01\Rusers\mmc0411\My Documents)

· Make it available offline

· When doing so, even it have some issue with some of the files and folders, it still make the folder available offline

Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.

Kerberose messages while File Replication

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:24:04 Z

I would like to know how to generate kerberose messages at the time of file replication service on window 2003 as client and another as Windows 2003 as server.
Right now although replication is happenenig succefully. but message sequence for AS request/response are not visible.
I have already tried by disabling pre authentication with no luck.

Strange behavior reading data from PCNET1 SMB server

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:11:02 Z

Reading data from an SMB server using the PCNET1 SMB dialect is extremely inefficient from a WinXP with SP3 client. The trace summary below shows the traffic required to copy the 199 byte \CONFIG.SYS from the PCNET1 server named INST to the WinXP client named GLEB.

When WINXP SP2 is used, there are also some anomalies, but from Windows Vista Business with SP1 it works in a predictable way. Complete traces of all three scenarios can be downloaded from:
http://www.gpvno.co.za/temp/smb-read.zip

Comments and a solution will be appreciated.

NBSS Session request, to INST<20> from GLEB<00>

NBSS Positive session response

SMB Negotiate Protocol Request

SMB Negotiate Protocol Response

SMB Tree Connect Request, Path: \\INST\C

SMB Tree Connect Response

SMB Query Information Request, Path: \CONFIG.SYS

SMB Query Information Response

SMB Search Request, File: \CONFIG.SYS

SMB Search Response

SMB Open Request, Path: \CONFIG.SYS

SMB Open Response, FID: 0x0000

SMB Search Request, File: \CONFIG.SYS

SMB Search Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 256 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 57 bytes at offset 199

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 512 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 313 bytes at offset 199

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 512 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 313 bytes at offset 199

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 2 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 512 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 313 bytes at offset 199

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 199 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 4096 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 3897 bytes at offset 199

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 512 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 313 bytes at offset 199

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 64 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 512 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 313 bytes at offset 199

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 199 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 4 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 512 bytes at offset 0

SMB Read Response

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0000, 313 bytes at offset 199

SMB Read Response

SMB Open Request, FID: 0x0001, Path: \CONFIG.SYS

SMB Open Response, FID: 0x0001

SMB Read Request, FID: 0x0001, 256 bytes at offset 0