Actually I didn't. What permissions settings could be in AV software? Our client is running Computer Associates eTrust InoculateIT 6.0 for Small Business Server 2000. I don't remember any permissions settings in the software. The MS article that Phil posted also referred to AV software possibly interfering with the save function in Excel. > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda F. Johnson [mailto:linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 4:56 PM > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mso] Re: Office XP and mysteriously read-only files >=20 >=20 > I know a few times when I've seen this, the only workaround we could come > up > with was to have the user copy the file to their local drive, make the > changes, save the changes, then copy the file back to the network drive. >=20 > I know that's a PITA, but I distinctly remember situations where this was > the only way we could get it to work. Or, now that I think of it, I think > creating a new folder on the network and moving all the files there also > worked in some cases. >=20 > That's about all I can remember....it's been a long time since I > troubleshot > Office on a network. >=20 > But, Dian mentioned something about it being some permissions in the AV > software that was preventing the changes to a network file. Did you check > this? >=20 > Linda > Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers > Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop > http://personal-computer-tutor.com > FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial > http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm >=20 >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Elise Miller > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 4:45 PM > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mso] Re: Office XP and mysteriously read-only files >=20 >=20 >=20 > I just checked the user's rights and he is not missing any permissions > on the documents he was working with. This is perplexing. Thanks for > the article though. >=20 >=20 >=20 > ************************************************************* > You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or > MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >=20 > To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >=20 > To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=3Dunsubscribe >=20 > Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also > allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). > //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso >=20 > To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send > a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an > invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, > you can go here to upload/download files: >=20 > http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles > ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************