File count alternating in folder when OS9 connects to Mac OS X server

Greeting All,
I have a few Macs running Mac Os 9.2.2 and they connect to a Mac Pro running OS X Server 10.4.7. The problem I am having is that if there are more that say 75 files in a folder that I open to view, the files in that folder keeps jumping and the file count keeps alternating. In other words, selecting a files from the folder is nearly impossible as the files keep moving in the folder. If I connect from a mac running OS X to the said Server running 10.4.7, I don't get this problem. Nor do i get the problem if I Connect the macs running OS 9 to a server running Appleshare Ip Server software I don't get the problem. Anyone knows how I can get around this problem?

Just out of interest, what happens if you view the folder by List View ?
I suspect with OS9 that you're trying to read the Desktop file to see how the folder icons are laid out, but there isn't one. So maybe you're trying to create one automatically. But OSX server on Intel goes "oh no you don't, create a resource fork ? what's that ?" or OSX server doesn't know how to create a desktop file for OS9 computers. Or you don't have file permissions to create a Desktop file on the OSX Server (then OS9 usually creates a temporary file on the OS9 System Folder Preferences folder).
Your OSX Server license will come with support to help you answer this. I suspect a quick delve into the manual will show that it may just not be possible. My company is still on OSX 10.3.9 Server, but I've spent between 2 and 3 years getting everything off OS9 so I can't help you by trying things myself (the only OS9 bootable computer we have left is the one Server runs on).

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