Unfortunately, this exacerbated the file locking problem and increased the frequency of software crashes. Last week, we returned to the latest Samba release and the software problems have eased. It was fixed by rebooting the WINS server. To combat the effect of these 'storms', the classroom servers were rebooted on several occasions. This should not be repeated.
Later reports indicate that there are also problems with Word.
It would appear that files can be corrupted when these applications crash. Reporting problems To help with our information gathering on the extent and nature of the problems we would like students to report details to us whenever they encounter problems of the nature described above. Follow this link for notes on how to make such a report. Actions already taken The following problems have been successfully addressed. Some problems in Taylor A1 were found to relate to a network hardware problem.