File Attributes Are Erased on a LAN Manager 2.1 Server (294680)

SYMPTOMS

If you use the Search functionality in Windows Explorer to search for files that contain certain text on an OS/2 server on the network, file attributes (for example, the archive bit) are deleted for all the files that have been searched.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because Windows 2000 sends the wrong Server Message Block (SMB) command to the file server. (SMB is the language that is used for file and print services in a Windows-based network.) This problem has been observed only with servers that use only older versions of the SMB protocol (Microsoft LAN Manager 2.1 or earlier).

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date        Time      Version        Size      File name
  --------------------------------------------------------
  5/2/2001    07:41p   5.0.2195.3564   369,200   Mrxsmb.sys
  4/13/2001   02:55p   5.0.2195.3500   131,792   Rdbss.sys

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes