AW: AW: WebDAV with Windows Vista

>
> Hello,
>
> > http://www.vista64.net/forums/vista-general/21946-webdav-web-
> folder-clie
> > nt-msdaipp-dll-supported-vista.html
>
> I have posted there now, too:
> http://www.vista64.net/forums/vista-general/48154-webdav-support.html
> I tried all workarounds posted in the forum in different topics.
> None of
> them worked with my test client...
>
> My first tests were with Vista Business - there I did not see any
> clientserver requests when trying to get the network resource
> connection to the
> webdav site. This was different with Vista Ultimate. There the
> client did
> requests, but then still could not create the connection. I've done
> the test
> now also with the webdav function offered by Apache Tomcat. It's
> just the
> same. It works when the client is running at Windows XP, it does
> not work
> with client running Vista...
>
> Btw, they have a similar "Windows client workaround" like my webdav
> server:http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40160
>
> Well now... according to the answers in this list it works at some
> Vistaclients of some persons. But when looking to the webdav
> questions at
> http://www.vista64.net it does not work at every client. I will try
> now to
> get better information from Microsoft support (to get some answer
> like "we
> know the problem, it will be fixed with patch xyz"). Is anyone in
> this list
> interested in that? Then I will post it here.
>
> Cheers,
> Konstantin
>
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: w3c-dist-auth-request@... [mailto:w3c-dist-auth-
> request@...] Im
> Auftrag von Kevin Wiggen
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. März 2007 18:37
> An: Konstantin Breu; w3c-dist-auth@...
> Betreff: RE: WebDAV with Windows Vista
>
>
> Basically MS removed the "webfolders" client in Vista and now only has
> the mini-redirector (XP had BOTH and different version depending on
> whether Office was installed).
>
> http://www.vista64.net/forums/vista-general/21946-webdav-web-folder-
> client-msdaipp-dll-supported-vista.html
>
> There are 2 shortcomings of the redirector spoken about here (note
> thatthis is just to get the client to connect, once its connected I
> cannotspeak to other problems):
>
> 1)  The client requires the ability to OPTION / (not always true)
> 2)  The client will try to walk the chain from / to the mount point
> (there are many reasons the client couldn't do this including
> security).
>
> However if I try to mount /Kevin on a server (and have access to do
> so),it will connect.
>
> Also interesting that some of my follow-up comments were deleted from
> the forum.  I guess someone didn't like the extended information I
> gave:)
>
> Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: w3c-dist-auth-request@... [mailto:w3c-dist-auth-
> request@...]On Behalf Of Konstantin Breu
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:46 AM
> To: w3c-dist-auth@...
> Subject: WebDAV with Windows Vista
>
>
> Hello,
>
> @Mac/Linux users: I am sorry for asking **windows** specific questions
> here.
> Just stop reading... ;-)
>
> I have a WebDAV server (J2EE based), there is no problem to use it
> withWindows Explorer (via Network Resource), Internet Explorer (via
> openpage as
> Web folder), Office 2003/2007 when using Windows XP SP2.
>
> But so far I did not have any success when trying the same with
> WindowsVista. Windows Explorer cannot create the connection (but it
> is doing
> requests to the server), Internet Explorer only offers to open it
> as web
> page (GET). Office 2007 also only does GET, when I try to access the
> folders
> an files in the file open dialog. If I enter there a folder address
> (http://.....), it then does a GET against that address, and opens
> thatas
> "document" in Word etc...
>
> My question to the list: is there somebody, who was able to use
> WindowsExplorer/Internet Explorer/Office 2007 (or an older version)
> withWindows
> Vista as WebDAV client? Are there special settings for the client
> side,or
> additional installations, which I have to do? Or are there some
> additional
> requirements for the server, which Vista needs? (for example
> support of
> some
> Properties, Http headers, Authentication method,...) You could also
> sendme
> communication logs, if your server works with Vista, and you do not
> knowwhy.... ;)
>
> If there is somebody, who has the same problem: you can also drop
> me a
> line,
> then I could give you some hints when I have found out more... Of
> courseI
> also searched in the internet for information... I found
> descriptions of
> such problems, some people were describing workarounds, but so far
> theseworkarounds did not help me...
>
> I will also get into contact with Microsoft support, but this will
> takesome
> longer time, as I or my chief will have to pay for it. I will also do
> tests
> with other clients (for example WebDrive), and other servers (for
> example
> Slide, Tomcat), to see how they are working when the client OS is
> Vista...
>
> Cheers,
> Konstantin
>
> P.S. I was testing so far with Vista Business, but I have access to
> allversions.
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