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| Thread ID: 50216 | 2004-10-14 03:59:00 | Bizarre crash - XP on Win 2003 every afternoon | robo (205) | Press F1 |
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| 280999 | 2004-10-14 03:59:00 | A curly problem. A friend's Windows Xp machine is losing connection to the shared network drive somewhere between 4pm and 5pm on a daily basis. There are three PCs in the network, all Xp. The server is running as a domain controller, Windows 2003 Server. The problem PC can still browse the internet through the ADSL router, but cannot see the shared drive. This is quite bizarre. Antivirus is up to date. Nothing is scheduled to run on the client or the server anywhere near this time of day. The other two client machines are not displaying this problem. They were all installed at once. She did install Service Pack 2, which the other two don't have. Any ideas? robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 281000 | 2004-10-14 04:02:00 | I would check event viewer, to see what that says/logs | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 281001 | 2004-10-14 04:25:00 | When it happens does the workstation lose all connectivity with the server? i.e. can you ping it by ip address and computer name? Or do a search for the server computer name and browse it that way? Have you checked the user account on the server to make sure their login hours etc haven't been played around with? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 281002 | 2004-10-14 07:07:00 | Logon hours-haven't checked that, I will. Net use says OK but if you type g: it can't find the link. Didn't try pinging the server, but as I can do things on the web, basic IP is working. I haven't tried printing to shared printers when it happens. I am never anywhere near it when it happens and today was first chance I got to at least to some basic remote diagnosis (She just powers it off, which doesn't help). Checked the logs and there is nothing really obvious. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 281003 | 2004-10-14 07:45:00 | could it be that your DHCP lease it up? maybe the IP is only valid for 24 hours?? could you keep an eye on the system tomorrow and get a more exact time of day? is it the exact same time of day each day??? user error?? how many boxes on the network? are they affected?? just some things to think about. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 281004 | 2004-10-14 08:49:00 | Lease on IP is a possibility. Two other client PCs, both fine (except one had complete rebuild today because virus munted it on Saturda). I have asked them to reboot at 1pm to see if it survives the witching hour at 4pm. Exact time of day isn't possible, she may not be using machine (checked all power saving and hibernation, it's all off). robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 281005 | 2004-10-14 21:01:00 | Is the SP2 PC's firewall on or off Robo?? Since its on by default in SP2? | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 281006 | 2004-10-14 21:29:00 | I can check. It was apparently doing this before SP2 was put on (which was without my knowledge, and I am grumpy about because it makes it different from the other two). robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 281007 | 2004-10-14 23:13:00 | Would an alarm be a possible cause? The service agency polls the lines once/day to check the connection so perhaps this is resetting something. Shouldnt with ADSL as the lines should be separated. | parry (27) | ||
| 281008 | 2004-10-14 23:46:00 | Shouldn't think so, not during working hours, and all machines on same link and only the ADSL router connected to phone line. robo. |
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