Steve
January 9th 04, 07:32 PM
We have the same problem with Dell machines and Windows XP
Pro. Our 98 and Me machines are fine. Our worst problem
is with the internet connection. The fix for us is to
right click on the network icon in the system tray and
click repair.
I am wondering if there is a longer term fix. Is it a
configuration problem, either with our server or the
workstations? Or is it a problem that is so common that
Microsoft put the repair feature in to make it easy to
recover? Can anyone shed some light on this?
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a strange problem in my network. Many users in my
>company share some files on the server (Win 2000 Server).
>Most of them have no problems. Since they mapped network
>drive to the server they can access files any time. When
>they turn on their Pc's network drives reconnected
>automaticly, and this is the way how it's suppose to be.
>Those lucky users use machines with Win 98 or Win 2000.
>However, people who run Windows XP Pro (ONLY!!) (all new
>DELL PC's),disconnecting from mapping drive, if their
>PC's not active for a while (aprox. 40min-60min.) If you
>are out of your desk for about 40 min, and your PC stil
>ON, in your return ,when you click on the network drive
>the error message pops-up: "An error ocured while
>reconnecting [Z:] to [\\10.0.0.6\share]. The local device
>name is already in use. This connection has not been
>restored" Once again, This ocures only on PC's running
>Windows XP Pro. Yf you log off then log on, your
>connection restores automaticly, but in about 40-60min if
>your computer inactive you going to be disconnected.
>The network is active and running, and all clients have
>the same security level and network configuration.
>If somebody knows somthing about it, please let me know.
>I appreciate any feedback.
>Thanks,
>Leo
>.
>
Pro. Our 98 and Me machines are fine. Our worst problem
is with the internet connection. The fix for us is to
right click on the network icon in the system tray and
click repair.
I am wondering if there is a longer term fix. Is it a
configuration problem, either with our server or the
workstations? Or is it a problem that is so common that
Microsoft put the repair feature in to make it easy to
recover? Can anyone shed some light on this?
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a strange problem in my network. Many users in my
>company share some files on the server (Win 2000 Server).
>Most of them have no problems. Since they mapped network
>drive to the server they can access files any time. When
>they turn on their Pc's network drives reconnected
>automaticly, and this is the way how it's suppose to be.
>Those lucky users use machines with Win 98 or Win 2000.
>However, people who run Windows XP Pro (ONLY!!) (all new
>DELL PC's),disconnecting from mapping drive, if their
>PC's not active for a while (aprox. 40min-60min.) If you
>are out of your desk for about 40 min, and your PC stil
>ON, in your return ,when you click on the network drive
>the error message pops-up: "An error ocured while
>reconnecting [Z:] to [\\10.0.0.6\share]. The local device
>name is already in use. This connection has not been
>restored" Once again, This ocures only on PC's running
>Windows XP Pro. Yf you log off then log on, your
>connection restores automaticly, but in about 40-60min if
>your computer inactive you going to be disconnected.
>The network is active and running, and all clients have
>the same security level and network configuration.
>If somebody knows somthing about it, please let me know.
>I appreciate any feedback.
>Thanks,
>Leo
>.
>