Re: XP Clients falling off network

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Do the server logs say anything? like timeout comunicating with Machine
xxx...?

Russ


"Paul Wright" <pwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> No wireless, not hibernating or power save mode. I can lobby the logging
> off
> issue with my users, but that still won't resolve the problem. Other ideas
> (even guesses) would be welcome.
> "Joe" <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Paul Wright wrote:
>> > I just inherited an SBS domain with several W2K Pro clients and two XP
>> > clients. One has SP2 applied, the other does not. Both machines require
>> > daily reboots, as leaving them in a logged-in state overnight results
>> > in
>> > them getting disconnected from the network. A Windows Explorer prompt
>> > appears when trying to access network resources that says
>> >
>> > \\Servername\resourcename is not accessible. You might not have
> permission
>> > to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server
> to
>> > find out if you have access permissions. The system detected a possible
>> > attempt to compromise security. Please ensure that you can contact the
>> > server that authenticated you.
>> >
>> > When this happens, IP connectivity is intact (can still ping the
> server).
>> > Several other posts pointed us toward the Windows Time service, which
>> > we
>> > have verified is running on the server, and the clients have been
> synched.
>> > Any other ideas?
>> >
>> >
>> If you log off while in the disconnected state, can you log on again
>> with a network connection, or does it really not reconnect until
>> rebooted? If the latter, it doesn't sound like a configuration issue.
>>
>> I have seen this happen a couple of times, when the machine was left on
>> but with nobody logged on. Just One Of Those Things, but I'd get worried
>> if it happened every night.
>>
>> Not on wireless, by any chance?
>
>


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