Invalid File Handle Windows 7 with Novell Client 2 SP1

Hello!
I have a user on Windows who gets "invalid file handle" when saving files in
WordPerfect and possibly Adobe as well. He thinks it mostly occurs when he
has multiple files open and has saved one open file to a different
directory. Then if he goes to save another file in it's same directory, he
gets the error. I hope this makes sense. Would anyone have any idea if it
does make sense?
Thanks!

Maybe that was once the intention by novell, but I assure you that you
will have no trouble finding a lot of people/exemples that proves the
opposite...
Yeah, you can set the server-side settings which do have an impact,
on win7 stations = blue screen if ON. But to say that it overrules the
client setting....No way....
We have had every single server EVER setup with Netware with
filecaching OFF and OpLocks2 off and changing the client side setting
DO make a direct difference, mostly bad but in the case of Win7, file
caching on seems to be a requirement since Win7 can't handle any open
files in a good way withouth it. It simply states "file not found" if
file caching = off. If file caching = on, then the client will receive
the message that the file is busy and can be opened in read-only.
And, again, have file caching = on AND changing the server also to ON
is NOT a good idea, at least not for us, since we got blue screens all
over within a couple of min's when testing that setting and those
disapperad just a fast when setting it to off again on the server.
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:04:55 GMT, PetervdM
<[email protected]> wrote:
>maybe not necessary.
>the client side setting of the file caching setting is overruled by the
>server side setting: if the server setting is set to OFF, the client
>will NOT cache files residing on THAT server.
>the same holds for the file commit setting. if it is set to OFF on the
>server, the setting on the client side will be irrelevant, it has to be
>ON on both sides to work.
>so i've set all servers file caching off, and file commit on, and all W7
>clients file caching on, and file commit on.
>
>no pain here!
>
>please read anders' post dated sep 24th, 2007 for the official statement
>from Novell:
>http://forums.novell.com/novell-prod...le-commit.html
>
>
>> You've come to the same conclusion as we have;
>>
>> Historicaly; File caching OFF was a MUST.
>>
>> With Windows 7, we find that more or less HAVE TO use file caching,
>> despite it's problems.
>>
>>>
>>> Any other suggestions?

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