Re: Dropped Mapped Connections....

On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:18:19 -0500, "Chris Marsh"
<cmarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


>"texas snowman" <intelligusmaximus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:424e021e.442725465@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 20:21:54 -0500, "Chris Marsh"
>> <cmarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>I have a Windows XP box that continually drops the mapped drive to "S" in
>>>my
>>>2000/2003 network. I don't understand why because I have a notebook that
>>>I
>>>login with using the exact same login and it never looses the mapped
>>>drive.
>>>
>>>What should I look for?
>>>
>>>Chris
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Chris
>> Are you losing only the mapped drive connection ? How about shared
>> printers, etc.? In my experience, I have found that when I have lost a
>> mapped resource, it was because I lost the actual network connection,
>> no matter how briefly. If you are on a wired network, I would check
>> all cables, connectors, NIC, etc. If you're wireless, check signal
>> strength, etc. (I have also found that if you're running your wireless
>> NIC in power save mode, sometimes it will not reconnect to the shared
>> resources when it comes out of that mode). Just a few things to try .
>>
>> Bill M
>>
>>
>
>
>What's really strange is that if I go to the run command and \\servername it
>will appear but if from a command prompt I type "S" it will not find the
>map. I have to reboot the client PC to have map reappear.
>
>
Now, maybe I'm reading too much into this, or maybe I don't fully
understand your problem, but from a command prompt, you ARE typing a
":" after "S"...right??

Bill M



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