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Good post, but see if the problems go away if you run QB
locally. You also may do better if everyone has W2000. 
Stay in touch, because I keep looking for additions to 
my http://blocktax.com/ QB Errors pages. It will soon 
have all errors and fixes I have found since 1992.

On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 04:03:30 GMT, "Mike Bartlett"
<mikebartlett@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Well, I think is a terrible phrase, but I am going to use it here.
>
>I THINK that you may have some problems with your peer to peer network.
>Very carefully check all the cables, netcards, etc, and expecially check out
>the machine where the data file is stored.  The CI lock attempt suggests to
>me that during the write to the file process that the QB user is not getting
>the necessary "lock" on the data record necessary to write to the record.
>The bit about file in use by another process sounds sorta funny also.
>
>Frankly, I don't think you have to go back to 98 or NT - I think you will do
>fine on the 2000, once you get it configured.  Make sure you have the most
>recent drivers for your network cards, your video cards, etc - there have
>been issues with win2k and drivers.  also, try running a defrag utility on
>the machine that has the datafile on it - some one here recently solved some
>speed issues by defragging his hard drive.
>
>Make sure that you are not starting multiple instances of QuickBooks on the
>Win2k machines - Win2k is sometimes slow to respond, you click, the
>hourglass goes away, nothing seems to happen - and then as much as 5 minutes
>later QB launches - If you have gotten impatient and clicked again, at this
>point it will try and run multiple copies of QB simultaneously.
>
>Try these things, get someone to check your installation, and good luck to
>you.
>
>"J" <jjp@jacapo.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:981be6$3uh$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>
>> "Mike Bartlett" <mikebartlett@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:w2Mo6.16162$%4.1834421@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
>> > sounds like file bloat, blank records, etc creeping into the file.  Do
>you
>> > completely close out of quickbooks everytime the computer is shut off,
>or
>> > are you having many network/computer crashes?
>>
>> I wanna tell you a story (waves hands Max Bygraves like) !!
>>
>> I verified the data file and it suggested rebuild, I rebuilt and did
>> another verify which came up ok.
>>
>> Today, we have had more errors which I will explain....
>>
>> We have 5 computers linked on peer to peer network
>> though usually there is only four on at the same time.
>> On two computers we get the same error which is the
>>
>> "QBW32.exe has generated errors and will be
>> closed down by windows"
>>
>> The third computer doesn't even warn of any errors
>> at all - just shuts down quickbooks so you have to
>> double click on icon to load up again. I guess this
>> is the one that is causing the file bloat as this is
>> effectively a crash.
>>
>> The fourth computer has had no errors at all and the
>> fifth computer when used has no errors either.
>>
>> Three have Windows 2000 Professional on and
>> the fourth has windows 95 (no errors).
>>
>> I was told by Intuit to install either Windows 98
>> or Windows NT - which we don't have either
>> the time, expertise or money for.
>>
>> I have checked the QBWIN.LOG for today
>> and this is what it says.................(4 Errors)
>>
>> 1) CI lock attempt failed:33
>>
>> 2) -1 the process cannot access the file because
>> it is being used by another process
>>
>> 3) Same as 2 above with CI lock attempt failed:33
>>
>> 4) Same as 3 above
>>
>> The first three errors were Quickbooks shutdowns
>> and the fourth error was the QBW32.exe has
>> generated errors and will be closed down by
>> windows.
>>
>> I am in total and utter despair and what makes it worse
>> is that when you talk to Intuit, they take your money
>> and keep using the words "I think"...........I have no
>> confidence in them whatsoever.
>>
>> They are next to useless.................
>>
>> Jackie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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