Can't transfer files between computers

I've got two machines running Win'XP and sharing mutual access via a
wireless router. I've transferred files between them apparently without
problems. However I find that when I attempt to traansfer a certain
directory I receive the terminal message:

"Cannot copy sigs: The specified network is no longer available."

Neither machine has an antivirus program running on it.

The error occurs some several minutes after the beginning of the transfer.
"sigs" is a file located about six level deep in the structure of the
transferred directory. Whats going on? What should I do to deal with the
problem?

Don J

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On Jun 10, 10:33 am, "Don J" wrote:
I've got two machines running Win'XP and sharing mutual access via a
wireless router. I've transferred files between them apparently without
problems. However I find that when I attempt to traansfer a certain
Quite often the is the case with really long share paths or "deep
paths". There is a 255 character path limit in NTFS. If possible try
using shorter filenames.

directory I receive the terminal message:

"Cannot copy sigs: The specified network is no longer available."

Neither machine has an antivirus program running on it.

The error occurs some several minutes after the beginning of the transfer.
"sigs" is a file located about six level deep in the structure of the
transferred directory. Whats going on? What should I do to deal with the
problem?

Don J

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I got rid of the layers of directories by transferring file "sigs.dat"
directly. But still the same error message.

Don J

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"chusome" wrote in message
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On Jun 10, 10:33 am, "Don J" wrote:
I've got two machines running Win'XP and sharing mutual access via a
wireless router. I've transferred files between them apparently without
problems. However I find that when I attempt to traansfer a certain
Quite often the is the case with really long share paths or "deep
paths". There is a 255 character path limit in NTFS. If possible try
using shorter filenames.

directory I receive the terminal message:

"Cannot copy sigs: The specified network is no longer available."

Neither machine has an antivirus program running on it.

The error occurs some several minutes after the beginning of the
transfer.
"sigs" is a file located about six level deep in the structure of the
transferred directory. Whats going on? What should I do to deal with
the
problem?

Don J

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Don J wrote:
I got rid of the layers of directories by transferring file "sigs.dat"
directly. But still the same error message.

Don J

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"chusome" wrote in message
ups.com...

On Jun 10, 10:33 am, "Don J" wrote:

I've got two machines running Win'XP and sharing mutual access via a
wireless router. I've transferred files between them apparently without
problems. However I find that when I attempt to traansfer a certain

Quite often the is the case with really long share paths or "deep
paths". There is a 255 character path limit in NTFS. If possible try
using shorter filenames.


directory I receive the terminal message:

"Cannot copy sigs: The specified network is no longer available."

Neither machine has an antivirus program running on it.

The error occurs some several minutes after the beginning of the
transfer.
"sigs" is a file located about six level deep in the structure of the
transferred directory. Whats going on? What should I do to deal with
the
problem?

Don J

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If I understand what you did, that won't avoid the problem.

To bypass the layers of dirs, copy that file from wherever it is on the
source disk to a root (or near-root) dir on the source disk (i.e.,
C:\sigs.dat), then copy that copy to a root dir on the target disk
(i.e., another C:\sigs.dat), then log onto the target PC and copy that
C:\sigs.dat to wherever you want it, then delete the two temporary copies
on the root dirs.
--
Cheers, Bob

Does not work.

Placing the directory that I want to transfer into a root directory and
then attempting to move it to another root directory on the target machine
results in the error message:

"Cannot copy sigs: The specified network is no longer available."

Several hundred files were transferred before the message was received.
Attempted to move the file from root directory to root directory by itself.
Same result. Renamed file and extension, and attempted to move it. Same
result!

Screwed around for a long time. Finally got the file moved over to the
target machine. (I don't know what I did) Then went to the target computer
and moved the file to it's proper place in the directory tree.
--

Don J

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"Bob Willard" wrote in message
...
Don J wrote:
I got rid of the layers of directories by transferring file "sigs.dat"
directly. But still the same error message.

Don J

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"chusome" wrote in message
ups.com...

On Jun 10, 10:33 am, "Don J" wrote:

I've got two machines running Win'XP and sharing mutual access via a
wireless router. I've transferred files between them apparently without
problems. However I find that when I attempt to traansfer a certain

Quite often the is the case with really long share paths or "deep
paths". There is a 255 character path limit in NTFS. If possible try
using shorter filenames.


directory I receive the terminal message:

"Cannot copy sigs: The specified network is no longer available."

Neither machine has an antivirus program running on it.

The error occurs some several minutes after the beginning of the
transfer.
"sigs" is a file located about six level deep in the structure of the
transferred directory. Whats going on? What should I do to deal with
the
problem?

Don J

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------





If I understand what you did, that won't avoid the problem.

To bypass the layers of dirs, copy that file from wherever it is on the
source disk to a root (or near-root) dir on the source disk (i.e.,
C:\sigs.dat), then copy that copy to a root dir on the target disk
(i.e., another C:\sigs.dat), then log onto the target PC and copy that
C:\sigs.dat to wherever you want it, then delete the two temporary copies
on the root dirs.
--
Cheers, Bob

"Don J" wrote in message
...
Does not work.

Placing the directory that I want to transfer into a root directory and
then attempting to move it to another root directory on the target machine
results in the error message:

"Cannot copy sigs: The specified network is no longer available."

Several hundred files were transferred before the message was received.
Attempted to move the file from root directory to root directory by
itself. Same result. Renamed file and extension, and attempted to move
it. Same result!

Screwed around for a long time. Finally got the file moved over to the
target machine. (I don't know what I did) Then went to the target
computer and moved the file to it's proper place in the directory tree.
--

Don J

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"Bob Willard" wrote in message
...
Don J wrote:
I got rid of the layers of directories by transferring file "sigs.dat"
directly. But still the same error message.

Don J

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"chusome" wrote in message
ups.com...

On Jun 10, 10:33 am, "Don J" wrote:

I've got two machines running Win'XP and sharing mutual access via a
wireless router. I've transferred files between them apparently
without
problems. However I find that when I attempt to traansfer a certain

Quite often the is the case with really long share paths or "deep
paths". There is a 255 character path limit in NTFS. If possible try
using shorter filenames.


directory I receive the terminal message:

"Cannot copy sigs: The specified network is no longer available."

Neither machine has an antivirus program running on it.

The error occurs some several minutes after the beginning of the
transfer.
"sigs" is a file located about six level deep in the structure of the
transferred directory. Whats going on? What should I do to deal with
the
problem?

Don J

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------





If I understand what you did, that won't avoid the problem.

To bypass the layers of dirs, copy that file from wherever it is on the
source disk to a root (or near-root) dir on the source disk (i.e.,
C:\sigs.dat), then copy that copy to a root dir on the target disk
(i.e., another C:\sigs.dat), then log onto the target PC and copy that
C:\sigs.dat to wherever you want it, then delete the two temporary copies
on the root dirs.
--
Cheers, Bob


You need to look at:

net view
net use
net share

ipconfig/all

on both computers. Your network is hosed for some reason.

Jim

'net view' produces:
"The list of dervers for this workgroup is not currently available"

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'net uses' produces:
"There are no entries in the list."

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'net share' produces:
"Share name Resource Remark
__________________________________________________ ___________________________
print$ D:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers
Printer
Drivers
IPC$ Remote
IPC
My Pictures D:\Documetnts and Settings\Johansen\My Documents\My Pictures
New Folder N:\New Folder
SharedDocs D:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DOCUMENTS

Printer DocuCom PDF Port: Spooled Scansoft PDF Create!
Printer2 LPT1: Spooled Quicken PDF
Printer
Printer3 IcePortCR: Spooled Paperport Color
Image
Printer4 IcePortMR: Spooled Paperport Black
& White Image
Printer5 Microsoft Document Ima Spooled Microsoft Office
Document Image Wr
Printer6 DOT4_001 Spooled hp LaserJet 1300
command completed successfully."

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'ipconfig/all' produces:
"Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : langdon-dej
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled . . . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List . . . . . . . . : hsd1.nh.comcast.net.
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . . : 00-30-BD-BA-7D-64
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139
Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 00-30-BD-BA-7D-64
Dhcp Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiuration Enabled . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.71.226
68.87.73.242
Lease Obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, June 11, 2007
11:24:55 AM
Lease Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 12,
2007 11:24:55 AM"

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I don't know what is going on! What is your analysis?



Don J

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"Jim" wrote in message
et...

"Don J" wrote in message
...
Does not work.

Placing the directory that I want to transfer into a root directory and
then attempting to move it to another root directory on the target
machine results in the error message:

"Cannot copy sigs: The specified network is no longer available."

Several hundred files were transferred before the message was received.
Attempted to move the file from root directory to root directory by
itself. Same result. Renamed file and extension, and attempted to move
it. Same result!

Screwed around for a long time. Finally got the file moved over to the
target machine. (I don't know what I did) Then went to the target
computer and moved the file to it's proper place in the directory tree.
--

Don J

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"Bob Willard" wrote in message
...
Don J wrote:
I got rid of the layers of directories by transferring file "sigs.dat"
directly. But still the same error message.

Don J

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"chusome" wrote in message
ups.com...

On Jun 10, 10:33 am, "Don J" wrote:

I've got two machines running Win'XP and sharing mutual access via a
wireless router. I've transferred files between them apparently
without
problems. However I find that when I attempt to traansfer a certain

Quite often the is the case with really long share paths or "deep
paths". There is a 255 character path limit in NTFS. If possible try
using shorter filenames.


directory I receive the terminal message:

"Cannot copy sigs: The specified network is no longer available."

Neither machine has an antivirus program running on it.

The error occurs some several minutes after the beginning of the
transfer.
"sigs" is a file located about six level deep in the structure of the
transferred directory. Whats going on? What should I do to deal with
the
problem?

Don J

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------





If I understand what you did, that won't avoid the problem.

To bypass the layers of dirs, copy that file from wherever it is on the
source disk to a root (or near-root) dir on the source disk (i.e.,
C:\sigs.dat), then copy that copy to a root dir on the target disk
(i.e., another C:\sigs.dat), then log onto the target PC and copy that
C:\sigs.dat to wherever you want it, then delete the two temporary
copies
on the root dirs.
--
Cheers, Bob


You need to look at:

net view
net use
net share

ipconfig/all

on both computers. Your network is hosed for some reason.

Jim