Problems locating assignments using InCopy/InDesign CS5

We have recently introduced an InDesign/InCopy CS5 workflow into our studio. We've come up against a big problem we are hoping someone can shed some light on.
1. We make an Assignment and package for InCopy.
2. The InCopy user edits, checks back in.
3. When opened back to InDesign, we get these two messages:
We are currently just in trial stage and are running between two different Mac OS (10.6.4 and 10.5.8) and sharing files off a PC server running Windows 2003. We changed from AFP to SMB to support longer character names. None of our file names have been moved, renamed or deleted in any way. When we 'Browse to locate the correct document', we go into a never-ending loop of finding and linking but not actually getting anywhere. If we just open the InDesign file, we get the red hexagon and question mark symbol. We click on it, select Update All Assignments, which it does and clears the hexagon symbol however, it duplicates the .imca file in our Assignments folder. Also once we save and reopen, we get the hexagon symbol again.
What could it be?

Bob,
We've discovered the problem, I wanted to let you know for future reference. It was to do with a third-party software plug-in we have called Blacklining. We originally used Blacklining in CS3 when all files we worked on needed the plug-in or even a dummy plug-in for anyone else in our studio or print houses to access. This was written out of CS4, however we migrated straight onto CS5 so therefore every previous document made in CS3 still had the Blacklining plug-in attached. We only ever put the plug-in into our Applications folder when packaging for print. So when the plug-in was not in the Applications folder, we got the problems described. When the plug-in was placed back in the folder, it worked seemlessly.

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