Strange permission problems when accessing SBS 2003 network share

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I've got some very strange permission problems on a Vista Laptop. In fact 2
Laptops, both with a fresh Vista install. The laptops are the only Vista
machines in the network, and the only machines experiencing this problem.. It
boils down to the fact that I can do some things which require
read/write/execute permissions, while other things don't work. I really don't
have a clue what else I can try, so hopefully someone is able to help me.

This is the environment:

- Vista Business on a Laptop, integrated in a Domain with Windows Small
Business Server 2003
- All available updates are installed on the client and server.
- Client is logged on with a Domain User account that is in the Local
Administrators Group.

Here are some of the things I am able to do on the network share:

- I can see all files and directories.
- I can copy a file to the network share.
- I can open text files, change and save them.
- I can open PDF files in Adobe Reader.
- I can create a new document in Word and save it.

And here are the things where I have permission problems:

- I cannot open a Word document (I also tried other Office formats). The
error message says "Permission denied. Please contact administrator"
(translated from German, may not be accurate)
- I cannot make a copy of a file on the network share - Permission denied.
- I cannot copy a file from a network share to another one - Permission
denied.

Of course I have checked all the obvious things (and also some not so
obvious ones) like:

- Share permissions are set correctly.
- NTFS permissions are set correctly.
- 3rd party virus software is removed from the laptop.
- UAC and Windows Defender are disabled.
- All accounts on the client and server have passwords.

I even tried to change the LAN Manager authentication level on the client. I
also tried logging in with the Domain Admin account on the client, but the
problems are the same.

Any ideas?
 
I've got some very strange permission problems on aVistaLaptop. In fact 2
Laptops, both with a freshVistainstall. The laptops are the onlyVista
machines in the network, and the only machines experiencing thisproblem.. It
boils down to the fact that I can do some things which require
read/write/execute permissions, while other things don't work. I really don't
have a clue what else I can try, so hopefully someone is able to help me.

This is the environment:

-VistaBusiness on a Laptop, integrated in a Domain with Windows Small
BusinessServer2003
- All available updates are installed on the client andserver.
- Client is logged on with a Domain User account that is in the Local
Administrators Group.

Here are some of the things I am able to do on the networkshare:

- I can see all files and directories.
- I can copy a file to the networkshare.
- I can open text files, change and save them.
- I can open PDF files in Adobe Reader.
- I can create a new document in Word and save it.

And here are the things where I have permission problems:

- I cannot open a Word document (I also tried otherOfficeformats). The
error message says "Permission denied. Please contact administrator"
(translated from German, may not be accurate)
- I cannot make a copy of a file on the networkshare- Permission denied.
- I cannot copy a file from a networkshareto another one - Permission
denied.

Of course I have checked all the obvious things (and also some not so
obvious ones) like:

-Sharepermissions are set correctly.
- NTFS permissions are set correctly.
- 3rd party virus software is removed from the laptop.
- UAC and Windows Defender are disabled.
- All accounts on the client andserverhave passwords.

I even tried to change the LAN Manager authentication level on the client. I
also tried logging in with the Domain Admin account on the client, but the
problems are the same.

Any ideas?
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Have a look at this discussion which sounds a bit similar.

Vista/Office 2k3 "Access Denied" in Documents Folder
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1379408&page=1
 
Thanks for the tip, but I solved the problem in the meantime. As soon as I
removed Kaspersky Antivirus from all servers and the Vista clients it worked.
Only removing Kaspersky from the client was not enough.
 
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