FrontPage 2002 / Windows XP reoccurring problem

[TheAcolyte]

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I have been having a reoccuring problem for the past few months.

I use FrontPage 2002 to create my websites and usually I do not have any problems with it.

However, since I have installed Windows XP, I have had to format and reload my computer twice in the past 6 months due to a problem.

I will be working on websites and they will be working just fine, then all of a sudden, every time I try to Open Web, the web in question will not open and a service.lck file is created.

I delete it, and then restart my computer. However, after Windows reopens via Windows Explorer it takes a couple of minutes for the computer to find what is under My Computer (the searching flashlight icon comes on).

When it finally locates C Drive, the zip drive, etc., I confirm that the service.lck file has been deleted.

Then I go to Open Web and the web will not open and another service.lck file is created.

In the past I have tried everything: I uninstalled and reinstalled FrontPage, performed a disk clean-up and defragmentation (both on the hard drive and zip drive on which my sites are saved), checked for updates, etc., all to no avail.

In the end, I have been forced to format and reload Windows and all of my other programs and files to boot (quite a time-consuming task).

I am assuming that this is some sort of registry problem, as the problems are not just related with FrontPage, but also effect Windows Explorer.

At the moment I cannot work on my website so assistance on this matter would be very appreciated!

Any ideas?

The Acolyte

[Tinker]

Welcome to MSFN TheAcolyte..

From what I have been reading SP1 for FP2002 should take care of the problem for you. I did a search on Google and this is one of many links on the issue. If this does not help search for "service.lck" on Google..... There seems to be many things that triggers errors for this file and the remedy seems to almost always be the same.

[Sunil]

Thats works, i have had the sme prob and the service pack helps

Sunil