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When one person is in, say, a Word or Excel document that is in a

departmental folder that is shared by say 12-20 people in the department, and

another user tries to open the doc that is already in use, the second user

will receive the standard 'File in use, read only copy will only be

available' (or something to that effect). Is there some way for Windows

Server 2003 (or Active Directory?) to either notify the second user or for

that second user to find out who the first user is who has the file open and

exclusive write rights to that file? The problem is, for example with up to

20 peeps in a department the second user has to call up or check with up to

19 other peeps to find out who has the file open. TIA for any help on this

one ...

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Guest Mathieu CHATEAU

Guest Mathieu CHATEAU

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Re: Shared file in use/Read Only access question ...

 

Hello,

 

what is your office's version ?

The second user should get the name of the first user, and should be able to

notify him from office

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

 

 

"E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D747C6F3-3184-4CF1-83BE-87EBDCF39090@microsoft.com...

> When one person is in, say, a Word or Excel document that is in a

> departmental folder that is shared by say 12-20 people in the department,

> and

> another user tries to open the doc that is already in use, the second user

> will receive the standard 'File in use, read only copy will only be

> available' (or something to that effect). Is there some way for Windows

> Server 2003 (or Active Directory?) to either notify the second user or for

> that second user to find out who the first user is who has the file open

> and

> exclusive write rights to that file? The problem is, for example with up

> to

> 20 peeps in a department the second user has to call up or check with up

> to

> 19 other peeps to find out who has the file open. TIA for any help on

> this

> one ...

Guest E-Double

Guest E-Double

Posted
Posted

Re: Shared file in use/Read Only access question ...

 

Either Office 2003 or Office 2007. How can they get the name of the first

user from Office?

 

e.

 

 

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> Hello,

>

> what is your office's version ?

> The second user should get the name of the first user, and should be able to

> notify him from office

>

> --

> Cordialement,

> Mathieu CHATEAU

> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>

>

> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:D747C6F3-3184-4CF1-83BE-87EBDCF39090@microsoft.com...

> > When one person is in, say, a Word or Excel document that is in a

> > departmental folder that is shared by say 12-20 people in the department,

> > and

> > another user tries to open the doc that is already in use, the second user

> > will receive the standard 'File in use, read only copy will only be

> > available' (or something to that effect). Is there some way for Windows

> > Server 2003 (or Active Directory?) to either notify the second user or for

> > that second user to find out who the first user is who has the file open

> > and

> > exclusive write rights to that file? The problem is, for example with up

> > to

> > 20 peeps in a department the second user has to call up or check with up

> > to

> > 19 other peeps to find out who has the file open. TIA for any help on

> > this

> > one ...

>

>

Guest Mathieu CHATEAU

Guest Mathieu CHATEAU

Posted
Posted

Re: Shared file in use/Read Only access question ...

 

In the dialog box, they should read "this is locked..blalbla by XXXX"

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

 

 

"E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F2CDCF58-633A-497F-93E2-A9160288C60F@microsoft.com...

> Either Office 2003 or Office 2007. How can they get the name of the first

> user from Office?

>

> e.

>

>

> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>

>> Hello,

>>

>> what is your office's version ?

>> The second user should get the name of the first user, and should be able

>> to

>> notify him from office

>>

>> --

>> Cordialement,

>> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>>

>>

>> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:D747C6F3-3184-4CF1-83BE-87EBDCF39090@microsoft.com...

>> > When one person is in, say, a Word or Excel document that is in a

>> > departmental folder that is shared by say 12-20 people in the

>> > department,

>> > and

>> > another user tries to open the doc that is already in use, the second

>> > user

>> > will receive the standard 'File in use, read only copy will only be

>> > available' (or something to that effect). Is there some way for Windows

>> > Server 2003 (or Active Directory?) to either notify the second user or

>> > for

>> > that second user to find out who the first user is who has the file

>> > open

>> > and

>> > exclusive write rights to that file? The problem is, for example with

>> > up

>> > to

>> > 20 peeps in a department the second user has to call up or check with

>> > up

>> > to

>> > 19 other peeps to find out who has the file open. TIA for any help on

>> > this

>> > one ...

>>

>>

Guest E-Double

Guest E-Double

Posted
Posted

Re: Shared file in use/Read Only access question ...

 

 

Cool, we will check that. (It scares me to think that our end user would

have missed that though. haha)

 

Thanks again,

 

e.

 

 

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> In the dialog box, they should read "this is locked..blalbla by XXXX"

>

> --

> Cordialement,

> Mathieu CHATEAU

> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>

>

> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:F2CDCF58-633A-497F-93E2-A9160288C60F@microsoft.com...

> > Either Office 2003 or Office 2007. How can they get the name of the first

> > user from Office?

> >

> > e.

> >

> >

> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> >

> >> Hello,

> >>

> >> what is your office's version ?

> >> The second user should get the name of the first user, and should be able

> >> to

> >> notify him from office

> >>

> >> --

> >> Cordialement,

> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

> >> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> >>

> >>

> >> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:D747C6F3-3184-4CF1-83BE-87EBDCF39090@microsoft.com...

> >> > When one person is in, say, a Word or Excel document that is in a

> >> > departmental folder that is shared by say 12-20 people in the

> >> > department,

> >> > and

> >> > another user tries to open the doc that is already in use, the second

> >> > user

> >> > will receive the standard 'File in use, read only copy will only be

> >> > available' (or something to that effect). Is there some way for Windows

> >> > Server 2003 (or Active Directory?) to either notify the second user or

> >> > for

> >> > that second user to find out who the first user is who has the file

> >> > open

> >> > and

> >> > exclusive write rights to that file? The problem is, for example with

> >> > up

> >> > to

> >> > 20 peeps in a department the second user has to call up or check with

> >> > up

> >> > to

> >> > 19 other peeps to find out who has the file open. TIA for any help on

> >> > this

> >> > one ...

> >>

> >>

>

>

Guest Mathieu CHATEAU

Guest Mathieu CHATEAU

Posted
Posted

Re: Shared file in use/Read Only access question ...

 

I think Office use the name set in the word's options. It may not display if

the property is empty

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

 

 

"E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:30268C9B-F718-4432-8DDA-F1EA6A2B99E4@microsoft.com...

>

> Cool, we will check that. (It scares me to think that our end user would

> have missed that though. haha)

>

> Thanks again,

>

> e.

>

>

> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>

>> In the dialog box, they should read "this is locked..blalbla by XXXX"

>>

>> --

>> Cordialement,

>> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>>

>>

>> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:F2CDCF58-633A-497F-93E2-A9160288C60F@microsoft.com...

>> > Either Office 2003 or Office 2007. How can they get the name of the

>> > first

>> > user from Office?

>> >

>> > e.

>> >

>> >

>> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>> >

>> >> Hello,

>> >>

>> >> what is your office's version ?

>> >> The second user should get the name of the first user, and should be

>> >> able

>> >> to

>> >> notify him from office

>> >>

>> >> --

>> >> Cordialement,

>> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> >> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:D747C6F3-3184-4CF1-83BE-87EBDCF39090@microsoft.com...

>> >> > When one person is in, say, a Word or Excel document that is in a

>> >> > departmental folder that is shared by say 12-20 people in the

>> >> > department,

>> >> > and

>> >> > another user tries to open the doc that is already in use, the

>> >> > second

>> >> > user

>> >> > will receive the standard 'File in use, read only copy will only be

>> >> > available' (or something to that effect). Is there some way for

>> >> > Windows

>> >> > Server 2003 (or Active Directory?) to either notify the second user

>> >> > or

>> >> > for

>> >> > that second user to find out who the first user is who has the file

>> >> > open

>> >> > and

>> >> > exclusive write rights to that file? The problem is, for example

>> >> > with

>> >> > up

>> >> > to

>> >> > 20 peeps in a department the second user has to call up or check

>> >> > with

>> >> > up

>> >> > to

>> >> > 19 other peeps to find out who has the file open. TIA for any help

>> >> > on

>> >> > this

>> >> > one ...

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

Guest E-Double

Guest E-Double

Posted
Posted

Re: Shared file in use/Read Only access question ...

 

 

Yeah, after further review the user does some to have a weird issue there -

if we open the file from User1's machine and then try to open it from other

machines in the office it does say 'File locked and in use by User1' (or

something to that effect) and gives like three options. But if we leave the

same file open by User1 and open it from this one particular machine it says

'File in use by"" ' and the name is blank. But as mentioned, several

machines that are running the same versions of Windows and Office do in fact

display the name from the exact same file. Weird ... Not sure if that could

be a firewall issue, or security issue, or perhaps some extra add-ins needed

for this one particular user's Office installation, or perhaps something else

(??).

 

 

 

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> I think Office use the name set in the word's options. It may not display if

> the property is empty

>

> --

> Cordialement,

> Mathieu CHATEAU

> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>

>

> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:30268C9B-F718-4432-8DDA-F1EA6A2B99E4@microsoft.com...

> >

> > Cool, we will check that. (It scares me to think that our end user would

> > have missed that though. haha)

> >

> > Thanks again,

> >

> > e.

> >

> >

> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> >

> >> In the dialog box, they should read "this is locked..blalbla by XXXX"

> >>

> >> --

> >> Cordialement,

> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

> >> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> >>

> >>

> >> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:F2CDCF58-633A-497F-93E2-A9160288C60F@microsoft.com...

> >> > Either Office 2003 or Office 2007. How can they get the name of the

> >> > first

> >> > user from Office?

> >> >

> >> > e.

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> >> >

> >> >> Hello,

> >> >>

> >> >> what is your office's version ?

> >> >> The second user should get the name of the first user, and should be

> >> >> able

> >> >> to

> >> >> notify him from office

> >> >>

> >> >> --

> >> >> Cordialement,

> >> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

> >> >> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >> >> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> >> news:D747C6F3-3184-4CF1-83BE-87EBDCF39090@microsoft.com...

> >> >> > When one person is in, say, a Word or Excel document that is in a

> >> >> > departmental folder that is shared by say 12-20 people in the

> >> >> > department,

> >> >> > and

> >> >> > another user tries to open the doc that is already in use, the

> >> >> > second

> >> >> > user

> >> >> > will receive the standard 'File in use, read only copy will only be

> >> >> > available' (or something to that effect). Is there some way for

> >> >> > Windows

> >> >> > Server 2003 (or Active Directory?) to either notify the second user

> >> >> > or

> >> >> > for

> >> >> > that second user to find out who the first user is who has the file

> >> >> > open

> >> >> > and

> >> >> > exclusive write rights to that file? The problem is, for example

> >> >> > with

> >> >> > up

> >> >> > to

> >> >> > 20 peeps in a department the second user has to call up or check

> >> >> > with

> >> >> > up

> >> >> > to

> >> >> > 19 other peeps to find out who has the file open. TIA for any help

> >> >> > on

> >> >> > this

> >> >> > one ...

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

Guest Mathieu CHATEAU

Guest Mathieu CHATEAU

Posted
Posted

Re: Shared file in use/Read Only access question ...

 

no, it's in the personnal settings of users, in the word options

You can hard code it to "Bill gates" if you want

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

 

 

"E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:E0F181FE-BB64-4647-80D5-C1286CF60994@microsoft.com...

>

> Yeah, after further review the user does some to have a weird issue

> there -

> if we open the file from User1's machine and then try to open it from

> other

> machines in the office it does say 'File locked and in use by User1' (or

> something to that effect) and gives like three options. But if we leave

> the

> same file open by User1 and open it from this one particular machine it

> says

> 'File in use by"" ' and the name is blank. But as mentioned, several

> machines that are running the same versions of Windows and Office do in

> fact

> display the name from the exact same file. Weird ... Not sure if that

> could

> be a firewall issue, or security issue, or perhaps some extra add-ins

> needed

> for this one particular user's Office installation, or perhaps something

> else

> (??).

>

>

>

> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>

>> I think Office use the name set in the word's options. It may not display

>> if

>> the property is empty

>>

>> --

>> Cordialement,

>> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>>

>>

>> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:30268C9B-F718-4432-8DDA-F1EA6A2B99E4@microsoft.com...

>> >

>> > Cool, we will check that. (It scares me to think that our end user

>> > would

>> > have missed that though. haha)

>> >

>> > Thanks again,

>> >

>> > e.

>> >

>> >

>> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>> >

>> >> In the dialog box, they should read "this is locked..blalbla by XXXX"

>> >>

>> >> --

>> >> Cordialement,

>> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> >> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:F2CDCF58-633A-497F-93E2-A9160288C60F@microsoft.com...

>> >> > Either Office 2003 or Office 2007. How can they get the name of the

>> >> > first

>> >> > user from Office?

>> >> >

>> >> > e.

>> >> >

>> >> >

>> >> > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

>> >> >

>> >> >> Hello,

>> >> >>

>> >> >> what is your office's version ?

>> >> >> The second user should get the name of the first user, and should

>> >> >> be

>> >> >> able

>> >> >> to

>> >> >> notify him from office

>> >> >>

>> >> >> --

>> >> >> Cordialement,

>> >> >> Mathieu CHATEAU

>> >> >> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

>> >> >>

>> >> >>

>> >> >> "E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> >> news:D747C6F3-3184-4CF1-83BE-87EBDCF39090@microsoft.com...

>> >> >> > When one person is in, say, a Word or Excel document that is in a

>> >> >> > departmental folder that is shared by say 12-20 people in the

>> >> >> > department,

>> >> >> > and

>> >> >> > another user tries to open the doc that is already in use, the

>> >> >> > second

>> >> >> > user

>> >> >> > will receive the standard 'File in use, read only copy will only

>> >> >> > be

>> >> >> > available' (or something to that effect). Is there some way for

>> >> >> > Windows

>> >> >> > Server 2003 (or Active Directory?) to either notify the second

>> >> >> > user

>> >> >> > or

>> >> >> > for

>> >> >> > that second user to find out who the first user is who has the

>> >> >> > file

>> >> >> > open

>> >> >> > and

>> >> >> > exclusive write rights to that file? The problem is, for example

>> >> >> > with

>> >> >> > up

>> >> >> > to

>> >> >> > 20 peeps in a department the second user has to call up or check

>> >> >> > with

>> >> >> > up

>> >> >> > to

>> >> >> > 19 other peeps to find out who has the file open. TIA for any

>> >> >> > help

>> >> >> > on

>> >> >> > this

>> >> >> > one ...

>> >> >>

>> >> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

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