Contents of one network folder won't display - spinning beach ball

I have an eMac on a network running 10.3.9 which, even though the user is properly authenticated on the network, it will not display the contents of one single folder. All the other folders' contents display perfectly and the user can interact with the server and its' contents without any problems. All the other users on the network can interact with the folder in question without any problems, which tends to lead me back to a problem on this one eMac.
The folder in question is inside the main share and all the other folders are as well. Again, the user can traverse the directory structure without any problems. She can use any file, read, write, save, change, delete any file without any problems in any folder EXCEPT in this one folder.
When the user tries to access the folder, the result is the perennial spinning beach ball.
I've tried all the usual tricks. Cache cleaning, directory repairs, permission rebuilds, prebinding rebuilds, log file maintenance, etc., etc. to no avail. I'd appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.

Have you tried logging in with any of the other user's credentials from her system?
Also, have you tried a different user account on her system. (With either her or anyone else's login info for the server.)

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Hi Folks,
I know there have been posts on this over time but my particular question does not appear to have been answered. My apologies if I missed a response somewhere else in the forums. I'll try to keep it short.
Basically, a month or so ago I started getting the spinning beach ball in any application at various points of time. There was no rhyme or reason it seemed. It could happen when I have one application open, 5 applications open, it could happen in 5 five minutes or 2 hours later. Once the beachball started spinning, it wouldn't go away and it prevented me from using other apps as well, compelling me to do a manual shut down. I typically use only iPhoto, Safari, iDvd, Numbers and Mail. It could happen in any of them.
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Any thoughts are really appreciated. Thanks so much for your brains on this!
Andyman

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