Commenting Macintosh File Changes Date and Time Stamp

ID: Q177644

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

SYMPTOMS

When a Macintosh user adds, deletes, or changes a comment on a file located on a computer running Windows NT Server 4.0 and running Services For Macintosh, the date and time stamps on the file are changed as viewed by both Macintosh and PC users. This is not correct behavior in a Macintosh environment. In this case, altering a comment does not constitute a change to a file.

CAUSE

Services for Macintosh relies on NTFS, which is a different operation than HFS uses by the Macintosh computer. Any change to a file will cause the date and time stamps to be altered.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

For your convenience, the English version of this post-SP3 hotfix has been posted to the following Internet location. However, Microsoft recommends that you install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 to correct this problem.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT40/hotfixes-postSP3/sfm-fix/

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q166571
TITLE : Creating an SFM Volume on Large Partition Causes a Stop 0x24

ARTICLE-ID: Q170956
TITLE : SFM Time and Date Stamp Change Copying Between Volumes Locally

ARTICLE-ID: Q172511
TITLE : Stop 0x0000000A w/ Services for Macintosh & McAfee Anti-Virus

ARTICLE-ID: Q178364
TITLE : Macintosh Clients See Files on WinNT Server Constantly Moving

ARTICLE-ID: Q180622
TITLE : STOP:0x0000001E with STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES in Sfmsrv.sys

ARTICLE-ID: Q180716
TITLE : SFM Fails to Accept Associations with Two-Character Extensions

ARTICLE-ID: Q180717
TITLE : SFM: File Date and Time Stamp Change with Get Info

ARTICLE-ID: Q180718
TITLE : SFM: Disconnect Macintosh Clients before Dismounting Volume

ARTICLE-ID: Q185722
TITLE : SFM Rebuilds Indexes upon Restarting of Windows NT

Additional query words: 4.0 SFM

Keywords : NT4SP4Fix ntmac kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp4 NTSrv
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug