Microsoft KB Archive/100160

= ACC: System Error When Sharing Database on LAN Man/Workgroups =

Article ID: 100160

Article Last Modified on 5/6/2003

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition

-



This article was previously published under Q100160



SYMPTOMS
Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

If you try to save a Microsoft Access database larger than 2000 bytes (approximately 2 MB) on a Microsoft LAN Manager server with a boot drive that uses the file allocation table (FAT) format, the following error message appears:

System error... Network error on drive 

This error occurs only on Microsoft Windows for Workgroups workstations if you attempt to open a database already in use by a Microsoft LAN Manager workstation or another Windows for Workgroups workstation.



CAUSE
The Microsoft LAN Manager server responds incorrectly to a request by Windows for Workgroups to share the file. The server responds with a message that is too long for Windows for Workgroups to process correctly, resulting in an error from the NetBIOS.



RESOLUTION
The following are two ways to work around this behavior:


 * Change the format of the Microsoft LAN Manager server boot drive from FAT to high-performance file system (HPFS), then place the Microsoft Access database you want to share on the boot drive.

-or-
 * Move the database to a Windows for Workgroups server.

Additional query words: w4w fat hpfs netbios boot drive

Keywords: kbprb kbusage KB100160

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.