Hi - Strange issues with 2 PCs running Vista Business SP1 and a 2008 Standard
Server in a 2003 Domain. XP Pro users have no issues. On one PC I am able to
map a drive which then is available for several minutes. Then randomly it
will display the red cross and if accessed says "local device name in use".
It then may or may not allow access on second attempt or display "network
path not found". When drive is disconnected it will still appear in My
Computer and I have to reboot to clear it.
The other PC when mapping a drive using \\servername\share will display
"network path does not exist", second attempt to map drive will say "Windows
cannot access server\sharename" quoting error 0x80070035. When I close and
re-open My Computer and map drive it is successful. However drive is only
available for several minutes and will then disconnect.

"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
Hi - Strange issues with 2 PCs running Vista Business SP1 and a 2008
Standard
Server in a 2003 Domain. XP Pro users have no issues. On one PC I am able
to
map a drive which then is available for several minutes. Then randomly it
will display the red cross and if accessed says "local device name in
use".
It then may or may not allow access on second attempt or display "network
path not found". When drive is disconnected it will still appear in My
Computer and I have to reboot to clear it.
The other PC when mapping a drive using \\servername\share will display
"network path does not exist", second attempt to map drive will say
"Windows
cannot access server\sharename" quoting error 0x80070035. When I close and
re-open My Computer and map drive it is successful. However drive is only
available for several minutes and will then disconnect.

It sounds like a name resolution problem. Are the clients using an active
directory DNS server and no other DNS servers? Please post the results of
ipconfig /all from one of the clients that doesn't work and from a domain
controller that is also a DNS server.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/

Hi Kerry
They are using an AD DNS server - my XP users have no problem getting the
drive mappings but sometimes do get disconnected (random) but they can
reconnect. I know that there is an "Autodisconnect" mechanism but they are
getting disconnected whilst using the drives!
Here is the ipconfig /all extract from one of the PCs:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MML0001999
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mml.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-BB-E1-01-16
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8cbe:fbdc:623d:dc52%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.17(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 October 2008 08:45:27
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 21 October 2008 08:45:30
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

and from one of the servers:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MMLDC-OBH
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC320i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-78-9E-A9-21
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
Hi - Strange issues with 2 PCs running Vista Business SP1 and a 2008
Standard
Server in a 2003 Domain. XP Pro users have no issues. On one PC I am able
to
map a drive which then is available for several minutes. Then randomly it
will display the red cross and if accessed says "local device name in
use".
It then may or may not allow access on second attempt or display "network
path not found". When drive is disconnected it will still appear in My
Computer and I have to reboot to clear it.
The other PC when mapping a drive using \\servername\share will display
"network path does not exist", second attempt to map drive will say
"Windows
cannot access server\sharename" quoting error 0x80070035. When I close and
re-open My Computer and map drive it is successful. However drive is only
available for several minutes and will then disconnect.

It sounds like a name resolution problem. Are the clients using an active
directory DNS server and no other DNS servers? Please post the results of
ipconfig /all from one of the clients that doesn't work and from a domain
controller that is also a DNS server.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/

That looks fine. I think I tend to agree with +Bob+ that it might be an
underlying hardware problem somewhere. I'll wait until you answer his last
questions about wireless, mapping by IP, etc. I've seen the red X with
wireless but it usually goes away when you actually try to access the mapped
drive.

I'll add a question to Bob's. Are there any errors in the event logs of the
clients or the server?

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/




"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
Hi Kerry
They are using an AD DNS server - my XP users have no problem getting the
drive mappings but sometimes do get disconnected (random) but they can
reconnect. I know that there is an "Autodisconnect" mechanism but they are
getting disconnected whilst using the drives!
Here is the ipconfig /all extract from one of the PCs:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MML0001999
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mml.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-BB-E1-01-16
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::8cbe:fbdc:623d:dc52%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.17(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 October 2008 08:45:27
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 21 October 2008 08:45:30
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

and from one of the servers:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MMLDC-OBH
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC320i PCIe Gigabit Server
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-78-9E-A9-21
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
Hi - Strange issues with 2 PCs running Vista Business SP1 and a 2008
Standard
Server in a 2003 Domain. XP Pro users have no issues. On one PC I am
able
to
map a drive which then is available for several minutes. Then randomly
it
will display the red cross and if accessed says "local device name in
use".
It then may or may not allow access on second attempt or display
"network
path not found". When drive is disconnected it will still appear in My
Computer and I have to reboot to clear it.
The other PC when mapping a drive using \\servername\share will display
"network path does not exist", second attempt to map drive will say
"Windows
cannot access server\sharename" quoting error 0x80070035. When I close
and
re-open My Computer and map drive it is successful. However drive is
only
available for several minutes and will then disconnect.

It sounds like a name resolution problem. Are the clients using an active
directory DNS server and no other DNS servers? Please post the results of
ipconfig /all from one of the clients that doesn't work and from a domain
controller that is also a DNS server.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/

Both machines are connected by wires - and both are brand new one is a
Samsung laptop the other a HP server both built and configured with the
latest patches etc - the server was built using SmartStart so will have all
correct drivers.
Have tried mapping by IP (using a Domain Admin account) and by mapping to
the Admin share on the C Drive of the server still no joy just says "the
specified network name is no longer available"

"+Bob+" wrote:

On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:43:01 -0700, rogerdunn56
wrote:

Hi - Strange issues with 2 PCs running Vista Business SP1 and a 2008 Standard
Server in a 2003 Domain. XP Pro users have no issues. On one PC I am able to
map a drive which then is available for several minutes. Then randomly it
will display the red cross and if accessed says "local device name in use".
It then may or may not allow access on second attempt or display "network
path not found". When drive is disconnected it will still appear in My
Computer and I have to reboot to clear it.

I've seen this pop-up / red-x issue reported in both win2K and XP as a
fluke - but the drive usually continues to work even with the warnings
and red X IMHE. It sounds like you are actually disconnected.

The other PC when mapping a drive using \\servername\share will display
"network path does not exist", second attempt to map drive will say "Windows
cannot access server\sharename" quoting error 0x80070035. When I close and
re-open My Computer and map drive it is successful. However drive is only
available for several minutes and will then disconnect.

You didn't mention if you are hard-wired or wireless. If it's
wireless, it could be power management issues. If so, let me know and
I will post a couple tips.

Since both the XP and Vista systems have problems, I would be more
inclined to think you have a problem related to the server or network
hardware. If the server connection is coming and going, you are going
to see just what you are seeing in XP and Vista. Vista tends to be
less forgiving for such problems.

The XP users have no problem mapping to the server and the Vista machines can
map to any other 2003 server on the network - just not the 2008 server!
If this keeps up I'll be reverting back to 2003 at the weekend as I cannot
afford to spend much more time trying to resolve this.
Could it be an issue with the fact that its a 2003 (not R2) Domain??

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

That looks fine. I think I tend to agree with +Bob+ that it might be an
underlying hardware problem somewhere. I'll wait until you answer his last
questions about wireless, mapping by IP, etc. I've seen the red X with
wireless but it usually goes away when you actually try to access the mapped
drive.

I'll add a question to Bob's. Are there any errors in the event logs of the
clients or the server?

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/




"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
Hi Kerry
They are using an AD DNS server - my XP users have no problem getting the
drive mappings but sometimes do get disconnected (random) but they can
reconnect. I know that there is an "Autodisconnect" mechanism but they are
getting disconnected whilst using the drives!
Here is the ipconfig /all extract from one of the PCs:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MML0001999
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mml.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-BB-E1-01-16
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::8cbe:fbdc:623d:dc52%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.17(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 October 2008 08:45:27
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 21 October 2008 08:45:30
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

and from one of the servers:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MMLDC-OBH
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC320i PCIe Gigabit Server
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-78-9E-A9-21
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
Hi - Strange issues with 2 PCs running Vista Business SP1 and a 2008
Standard
Server in a 2003 Domain. XP Pro users have no issues. On one PC I am
able
to
map a drive which then is available for several minutes. Then randomly
it
will display the red cross and if accessed says "local device name in
use".
It then may or may not allow access on second attempt or display
"network
path not found". When drive is disconnected it will still appear in My
Computer and I have to reboot to clear it.
The other PC when mapping a drive using \\servername\share will display
"network path does not exist", second attempt to map drive will say
"Windows
cannot access server\sharename" quoting error 0x80070035. When I close
and
re-open My Computer and map drive it is successful. However drive is
only
available for several minutes and will then disconnect.

It sounds like a name resolution problem. Are the clients using an active
directory DNS server and no other DNS servers? Please post the results of
ipconfig /all from one of the clients that doesn't work and from a domain
controller that is also a DNS server.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/

Are there any errors in the event logs of the affected clients, server, or
on the domain controller the clients authenticated to? If the 2008 server is
not a DC then the domain doesn't need to be updated.

You could try the registry change suggested here

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...a-5c896a0d72c5

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/




"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
The XP users have no problem mapping to the server and the Vista machines
can
map to any other 2003 server on the network - just not the 2008 server!
If this keeps up I'll be reverting back to 2003 at the weekend as I cannot
afford to spend much more time trying to resolve this.
Could it be an issue with the fact that its a 2003 (not R2) Domain??

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

That looks fine. I think I tend to agree with +Bob+ that it might be an
underlying hardware problem somewhere. I'll wait until you answer his
last
questions about wireless, mapping by IP, etc. I've seen the red X with
wireless but it usually goes away when you actually try to access the
mapped
drive.

I'll add a question to Bob's. Are there any errors in the event logs of
the
clients or the server?

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/




"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
Hi Kerry
They are using an AD DNS server - my XP users have no problem getting
the
drive mappings but sometimes do get disconnected (random) but they can
reconnect. I know that there is an "Autodisconnect" mechanism but they
are
getting disconnected whilst using the drives!
Here is the ipconfig /all extract from one of the PCs:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MML0001999
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mml.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit
Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-BB-E1-01-16
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::8cbe:fbdc:623d:dc52%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.17(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 October 2008 08:45:27
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 21 October 2008 08:45:30
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

and from one of the servers:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MMLDC-OBH
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC320i PCIe Gigabit Server
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-78-9E-A9-21
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
Hi - Strange issues with 2 PCs running Vista Business SP1 and a 2008
Standard
Server in a 2003 Domain. XP Pro users have no issues. On one PC I am
able
to
map a drive which then is available for several minutes. Then
randomly
it
will display the red cross and if accessed says "local device name
in
use".
It then may or may not allow access on second attempt or display
"network
path not found". When drive is disconnected it will still appear in
My
Computer and I have to reboot to clear it.
The other PC when mapping a drive using \\servername\share will
display
"network path does not exist", second attempt to map drive will say
"Windows
cannot access server\sharename" quoting error 0x80070035. When I
close
and
re-open My Computer and map drive it is successful. However drive is
only
available for several minutes and will then disconnect.

It sounds like a name resolution problem. Are the clients using an
active
directory DNS server and no other DNS servers? Please post the results
of
ipconfig /all from one of the clients that doesn't work and from a
domain
controller that is also a DNS server.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/

No errors on the client or DC but a few 2012 network errors on the 2008
server although they appear to be random. If I restart the Routing and Remote
access service on the Vista PC then it maps a drive straight away. However
within 5 minutes if I try to access that drive it comes up with the error
"Local device name is in use". I then disconnect the drive but My computer
will not release it - it continues to display but I cannot connect or delete
it from the displayed list of drives until I reboot.

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

Are there any errors in the event logs of the affected clients, server, or
on the domain controller the clients authenticated to? If the 2008 server is
not a DC then the domain doesn't need to be updated.

You could try the registry change suggested here

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...a-5c896a0d72c5

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/




"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
The XP users have no problem mapping to the server and the Vista machines
can
map to any other 2003 server on the network - just not the 2008 server!
If this keeps up I'll be reverting back to 2003 at the weekend as I cannot
afford to spend much more time trying to resolve this.
Could it be an issue with the fact that its a 2003 (not R2) Domain??

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

That looks fine. I think I tend to agree with +Bob+ that it might be an
underlying hardware problem somewhere. I'll wait until you answer his
last
questions about wireless, mapping by IP, etc. I've seen the red X with
wireless but it usually goes away when you actually try to access the
mapped
drive.

I'll add a question to Bob's. Are there any errors in the event logs of
the
clients or the server?

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/




"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
Hi Kerry
They are using an AD DNS server - my XP users have no problem getting
the
drive mappings but sometimes do get disconnected (random) but they can
reconnect. I know that there is an "Autodisconnect" mechanism but they
are
getting disconnected whilst using the drives!
Here is the ipconfig /all extract from one of the PCs:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MML0001999
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mml.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit
Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-BB-E1-01-16
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::8cbe:fbdc:623d:dc52%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.17(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 October 2008 08:45:27
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 21 October 2008 08:45:30
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

and from one of the servers:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MMLDC-OBH
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC320i PCIe Gigabit Server
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-78-9E-A9-21
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
Hi - Strange issues with 2 PCs running Vista Business SP1 and a 2008
Standard
Server in a 2003 Domain. XP Pro users have no issues. On one PC I am
able
to
map a drive which then is available for several minutes. Then
randomly
it
will display the red cross and if accessed says "local device name
in
use".
It then may or may not allow access on second attempt or display
"network
path not found". When drive is disconnected it will still appear in
My
Computer and I have to reboot to clear it.
The other PC when mapping a drive using \\servername\share will
display
"network path does not exist", second attempt to map drive will say
"Windows
cannot access server\sharename" quoting error 0x80070035. When I
close
and
re-open My Computer and map drive it is successful. However drive is
only
available for several minutes and will then disconnect.

It sounds like a name resolution problem. Are the clients using an
active
directory DNS server and no other DNS servers? Please post the results
of
ipconfig /all from one of the clients that doesn't work and from a
domain
controller that is also a DNS server.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/

Think I may have resolved the problem - IPv6. Turned it off and it now
appears to be working although it still doesn't connect on the first instance
but will when accessed for the second time.

Are any drives mapped via a logon script? Do the mapped drive letters
conflict with a local drive? Many new computers have multiple drive letters
assigned to USB card readers. If a logon script tries to map network drives
to these drive letters you will have weird problems like this. At an
elevated command prompt type: NET USE * /DELETE then try remapping the
drives. Do you loose the connection after doing this?

Can you please supply the details of the 2012 errors?

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/




"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
No errors on the client or DC but a few 2012 network errors on the 2008
server although they appear to be random. If I restart the Routing and
Remote
access service on the Vista PC then it maps a drive straight away. However
within 5 minutes if I try to access that drive it comes up with the error
"Local device name is in use". I then disconnect the drive but My computer
will not release it - it continues to display but I cannot connect or
delete
it from the displayed list of drives until I reboot.

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

Are there any errors in the event logs of the affected clients, server,
or
on the domain controller the clients authenticated to? If the 2008 server
is
not a DC then the domain doesn't need to be updated.

You could try the registry change suggested here

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...a-5c896a0d72c5

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/




"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
The XP users have no problem mapping to the server and the Vista
machines
can
map to any other 2003 server on the network - just not the 2008 server!
If this keeps up I'll be reverting back to 2003 at the weekend as I
cannot
afford to spend much more time trying to resolve this.
Could it be an issue with the fact that its a 2003 (not R2) Domain??

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

That looks fine. I think I tend to agree with +Bob+ that it might be
an
underlying hardware problem somewhere. I'll wait until you answer his
last
questions about wireless, mapping by IP, etc. I've seen the red X with
wireless but it usually goes away when you actually try to access the
mapped
drive.

I'll add a question to Bob's. Are there any errors in the event logs
of
the
clients or the server?

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/




"rogerdunn56" wrote in message
...
Hi Kerry
They are using an AD DNS server - my XP users have no problem
getting
the
drive mappings but sometimes do get disconnected (random) but they
can
reconnect. I know that there is an "Autodisconnect" mechanism but
they
are
getting disconnected whilst using the drives!
Here is the ipconfig /all extract from one of the PCs:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MML0001999
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mml.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit
Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-BB-E1-01-16
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::8cbe:fbdc:623d:dc52%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.17(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 October 2008 08:45:27
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 21 October 2008 08:45:30
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

and from one of the servers:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MMLDC-OBH
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mml.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mml.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC320i PCIe Gigabit Server
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-78-9E-A9-21
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.248
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.10.122

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

"rogerdunn56" wrote in
message
...
Hi - Strange issues with 2 PCs running Vista Business SP1 and a
2008
Standard
Server in a 2003 Domain. XP Pro users have no issues. On one PC I
am
able
to
map a drive which then is available for several minutes. Then
randomly
it
will display the red cross and if accessed says "local device
name
in
use".
It then may or may not allow access on second attempt or display
"network
path not found". When drive is disconnected it will still appear
in
My
Computer and I have to reboot to clear it.
The other PC when mapping a drive using \\servername\share will
display
"network path does not exist", second attempt to map drive will
say
"Windows
cannot access server\sharename" quoting error 0x80070035. When I
close
and
re-open My Computer and map drive it is successful. However drive
is
only
available for several minutes and will then disconnect.

It sounds like a name resolution problem. Are the clients using an
active
directory DNS server and no other DNS servers? Please post the
results
of
ipconfig /all from one of the clients that doesn't work and from a
domain
controller that is also a DNS server.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/