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One TortoiseCVS user reported a problem when using :local: where the repository is on a network drive (yes, I also advise users to not use network drives, but they tend to do it anyway). Apparently, the lock server is not started in this case; only if the lock server is already running will the operation succeed. I have reproduced this using 2.5.02.2064. To reproduce: Ensure that lock server is not running and then do C:>set CVSROOT=:local://tmahome/c/rep C:>cvs -N checkout srv cvs checkout: connect to 127.0.0.1(127.0.0.1):2402 failed: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. cvs [checkout aborted]: Couldn't connect to lock server C:>set CVSROOT=:local:/mytest/rep C:>cvs -N checkout srv cvs checkout: Updating srv U srv/New Text Document.txt U srv/improved.txt U srv/old.txt [Lock server is now running and original command can be run successfully] C:>rd /s/q srv C:>set CVSROOT=:local://tmahome/c/rep C:>cvs -N checkout srv cvs checkout: Updating srv U srv/New Text Document.txt U srv/improved.txt U srv/old.txt -Torsten