Microsoft KB Archive/265103

= You receive a &quot; cannot be accessed...may be read-only&quot; error message when you attempt to save a file in Excel 2000 =

Article ID: 265103

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q265103





Warning This information is preliminary and has not been confirmed or tested by Microsoft. Use only with discretion.



SYMPTOMS
When you try to save a file, the following error message may appear:

cannot be accessed. The file may be read-only, or you may be trying to access a read-only location. Or, the server the document is stored on may not be responding.

where  is the name of the file you are attempting to save.

NOTE: This error does not occur when you originally create the file or click Save As; it only occurs when you modify the existing file and then click Save.



CAUSE
This error message appears if all of the following conditions are true:
 * You are saving from a computer running either Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Windows NT 4.0 Server.

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 * You are opening and saving an Excel workbook directly to a network share on a computer running Windows NT 4.0 Server.

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 * The Windows NT Server computer is running Inoculan for Windows NT 4.0 from Computer Associates.

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 * Inoculan is set to &quot;Monitor Outgoing Files&quot; or &quot;Monitor Both Directions&quot;.



RESOLUTION
If you are experiencing this issue, there is an update available from Computer Associates. Please refer to the following Web site for more information about how to obtain this update:

http://supportconnect.ca.com/sc/index.jsp

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Additional query words: XL2000 Virus Scanner Save Accessed

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kbupdate kbsavefile KB265103

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