Re: [WinMac] Files *jumping* around in view by name on mac clients

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Tue, 09 Mar 1999 07:40:52 -0500

        G'day, mate!

        This is a known bug in NT4/SP3; and there are several solutions:

        1) Ask the client Macs to use "View by Icon," instead of "View by List;"

        2) Apply the SFM_I.EXE (or SFM_A.EXE) Post-SP3 Hotfix. Note that there
were two of these Hotfixes... Apply the later of the two and this will
partially fix the problem;

        3) Roll out NT4/SP4, and this *will* fix the problem. If you use the
server primarily for Mac file service, then go ahead & let `er rip. If you
have concerns, then roll SP4 out slowly. So far, SP4 for me has behaved
quite well on about 2 dozen servers & workstations, and I've only had one
machine (an old P100 Compaq Prolinea) blow up.

        When applying SP4, or even the Post-SP3 Hotfixes, be sure to update your
Emergency Repair Disk (E.R.D.) using RDISK /S

        Good luck!
        Dan Schwartz

At 10:56 PM 3/9/99 +1100, jadams@eclipse.net.au wrote:
>Problem:
>When we open a directory in the finder, the list of files keeps changing for
>the first few seconds, making it very difficult to open the file you want.
>The list starts appearing, then extra files appear, then they dissapear,
>then you see multiple copies of some files and so on, all so quickly that it
>is difficult to see what's happening. This continues for 1 to 15 seconds.
>Sometimes, some files remain invisible. on the macs, but are there when you
>look from a WIN98 client or from the server itself.
>
>Environment:
>NT4(SP3) server hosting the folders, Mac and PC clients. The problem only
>occours on the macs, and I think only on the system 8.5 macs. The NT Server
>is multihomed with IP forwarding between a mac ethernet card, and a PC
>ethernet card (on seperate subnets to reduce network traffic). Macs on
>appletalk, PC's on TCP/IP
>
>Any ideas welcome, Thanks
>

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