Subject: Corrupted Data With Windows 95b/OSR2
There have been many reports of data and file corruption occurring with
the new Windows 95b release that were not present with the retail
versions. Windows 95b, also known as OSR2 or OEM Windows 95, is only
available on a new computer. It cannot be bought in the store. You can
check the Control Panel/System/General tab to see what version you
have. If there's a 'b' after the version, you've got it.
The symptoms range from NETERR() returning .F. after a failed APPEND
BLANK (in Clipper and VO 1 & 2) to corrupted index files. In the failed
APPEND BLANK problem, the REPLACE takes place, but on an existing
record, not a new blank one. And there are no error messages. Just
damaged data integrity.
It's been isolated to a problem in the VREDIR.VXD network redirector
file that's supplied with Windows 95b. The quick and dirty fix is to
replace this file with the one from a Windows 95a installation and
reboot the workstation. This file is caching data on the workstation
and not updating the cache when a change occurs on the server.
So far, this problem only occurs with NT networks, not Novell.
For more information, see
http://www.daccess.com/techtips/bufferin.htm
Raymond Pesek
 * 1st 2.00 #2448 * Moderator - Clipper Echo
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