Copying files to and from a Mint computer randomly displays error message in Windows

[RobertX]

When I use a Windows 7 computer to copy files to and from a Linux Mint server that is configured through Samba, an error message appears in the middle of the operation of files. It looks like this:



Sometimes it's there, sometimes the files copy perfectly without that message. Prediction of whenever it comes is guesswork.

I have tried the following, but is met with little success:

1. Do a clean reinstall of Windows 7 on the Windows 7 computer that is doing the copying.
2. Mapping the Linux share that is being copied to/from.

Surprisingly, I had experienced nothing of the kind when I use Linux Mint 20.1 to copying to/from the the Windows machine, that is, when I using the computer that has Mint on.

Are there other things I should try? Let me know.

Thanks!

EDIT: Oh, I am using MATE.

EDIT: I should also point out that I used caja-share to select the files to share and in doing so smb.conf does not add that information here, so that is why I didn't add the information to the copy pasta in the below data.

My system information:

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System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: MATE 1.24.0 
           wm: marco dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 6005 Pro SFF PC v: N/A 
           serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 4 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3047h serial: <filter> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard 
           v: 786G6 v01.15 date: 08/02/2011 
CPU:       Topology: Triple Core model: AMD Phenom II X3 B75 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10 rev: 3 
           L2 cache: 1536 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm bogomips: 17954 
           Speed: 1800 MHz min/max: 800/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1800 2: 2300 3: 3000 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: radeon v: kernel 
           bus ID: 01:05.0 chip ID: 1002:9710 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           compositor: marco resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD RS880 (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.4.0-74-generic LLVM 11.0.0) 
           v: 3.3 Mesa 20.2.6 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:14.2 chip ID: 1002:4383 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Broadcom and subsidiaries NetXtreme BCM5761 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe 
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: tg3 v: 3.137 port: 1100 bus ID: 3f:00.0 
           chip ID: 14e4:1681 
           IF: enp63s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 119.92 GiB (51.5%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST250DM000-1BD141 size: 232.89 GiB 
           speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 227.74 GiB used: 119.92 GiB (52.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
USB:       Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-1: 2-4:3 info: Philips & Lite-ON Digital Solutions Mass Storage Device 
           type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1c6b:a223 
           Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
           Device-2: 3-2:2 info: Xenta 2.4G Wireless Optical Mouse type: Mouse,Keyboard 
           driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d57:130f 
           Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
           Hub: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
           Device-3: 5-3:2 info: Elan Micro ActiveJet K-2024 Multimedia Keyboard 
           type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 04f3:0103 
           Hub: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
           Hub: 7-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 30.6 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 191 Uptime: 2d 2h 44m Memory: 3.35 GiB used: 1.07 GiB (31.9%) Init: systemd 
           v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 8/9 Client: Unknown python3.8 client 
           inxi: 3.0.38 

Here's what I added to the smb.conf file:

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name resolve order = bcast lmhosts wins
server min protocol = NT1
server max protocol = SMB2

[mikeflan]

Sorry, we don't use windows much.
Use Linux -> Better experience.

If you can get that image to under 200KB, try posting it again. Or just type the words exactly as they show.

[RobertX]

The image said something along the lines of "There was a problem accessing sharename. Please make sure you are connected to the network and try again" along with the Try, Skip, and Cancel buttons.

[RobertX]

In case anyone's interested, I tried to reinstall Linux Mint and the same result shows.

I don't think I've been posting my problems correctly, and I apologise if that is the case, but I guess my next recourse is to make a small GNU/Linux VM on my Windows 7 box and transfer files from there.

[RobertX]

So far having a GNU/Linux VM on my Windows 7 box works fine, albeit slow.