On Aug 1, 8:26 am, Johnsji <John...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Since the Vista beta Novell client became available, I installed it on my
> test VISTA Business machine and can sign on to the Novellnetwork. The
> problem is getting Office files from mynetworkdrives to open, the message
> is, "Access denied, contact your administrator."
>
> I can see all the shared drives and open all the folders. While I can open
> .txt and .pdf documents, none of my Microsoft Office Files 2003 or Office
> 2007 (saved in 2003) will.
>
> I can't save those types of document types either, "There has been afileornetworkpermissionerror. Thenetworkconnectionmaybelost. H:\My
> Documents\TestSav.doc." I can save .txt and .pdf files without issue.
>
> I changed the value of the GPONetworkSecurity: LAN Manager authentication
> level to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session if negotiated," as outlined in
> a web document without luck.
>
> There are no errors in my event logs and turning off the local firewall
> didn't help. McAfee 8.5i doesn't give me anything and the Novell guys here
> don't know.
>
> I can copy an Office (2003 or 2007)filefrom the share and open
> it on my desktop. Also, if I rename it I can copy thatfileback to the
> share.
>
> I was thinkingnetworkpermissions, or setup since this is our first Vista
> machine, but why could I use Adobe and text files without an issue? Sorry
> such a simple answer escapes me and any help you can give is appreciated.
> It would be easier to find if text or Adobe 8 were a problem too...

Having same issue with new Vista pc's on Windows 2003 server network.
Txt and other files are fine, Office 2007 documents fail. I'm going to
try loading Word with the /a switch to turn off templates.