Strange problem when saving excel 97 to Windows 2003 server

[Eric Yellin]

We just upgraded our File server from a NT 4.0 machine to a Windows 2003
Server machine (active directory + new hardware). We have several computers
still running windows 98 and office 97.
A couple of our windows 98+ Excel 97 users ran into a problem when saving
simple (no macro) Excel documents on the server. Excel froze showing only a
white screen. When checking the server folder in real time when this error
occurred I saw that the document name that should have appeared in the drive
was not there and instead a ever growing file named: "06D7A00" appeared. It
kept growing (over 2 GB) until we forced the excel to end it's task.
The problem never happened with our NT 4.0 server. I have not yet assessed
whether it only happens when saving to the server but we never received such
complaints in the past. We checked all workstations for viruses but nothing.
The problem did not occur with any of our Office XP users.
Anyone?

Thanks,

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Eric Yellin
Migvan Effect
Internet Solutions for Organizations
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[Dave Peterson]

When you save a file, excel will save it as a temporary file (8 characters, no
extension). Then if that save is successful, excel will delete the original and
rename this funny named file to the original's name.

Something is interfering with that save--and xl keeps dumping bytes to that
file.

Does it happen when the users save to their local harddrive?

When the funny named file isn't renamed successfully (no unusual growth,
though), common suggestions are Antivirus interference and network permission
problems (or even network hardware problems).

This doesn't sound too similar--but the naming stuff is the way excel works.