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Thread ID: 107797 2010-03-02 03:34:00 Windows 7 network problem Tony (4941) Press F1
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862987 2010-03-02 03:34:00 I have vista business and win7 professional dual-booting, so we are talking about exactly the same hardware.

On Windows 7, if I try to do a very large file transfer (many gigabytes) to a networked PC, after about 10 minutes, the network connection is lost. If I try to do the same thing on vista, it all works fine. I've tested this in several ways: straight file copy, Windows Home Server backup (which is where I first noticed it) and another backup program.

I have no idea where to even start looking to solve this, so any suggestions would be welcome. Google wasn't any help - but I might have been asking the wrong question. I wondered if the PC was going to sleep, but I set it to never sleep and it made no difference.
Tony (4941)
862988 2010-03-02 03:47:00 In W7, click start, start typing in reliability When view reliability History appears, click it, and look at the times you lost the connection - there should be a red circle with a white X click it, below in the Details, there will be a report,See if its anything obvious, otherwise look to the right and see if the blue link that says check for solution - has any thing to offer. wainuitech (129)
862989 2010-03-02 03:51:00 So you are copying to Windows home server, have you updated it for Windows 7 connector compatibility? SolMiester (139)
862990 2010-03-02 04:27:00 So you are copying to Windows home server, have you updated it for Windows 7 connector compatibility?Not specifically - how do I do that? The problem occurs when I do a straight copy from W7 to the Public folder on the server, as well as if I do a WHS backup. Tony (4941)
862991 2010-03-02 04:28:00 In W7, click start, start typing in reliability...Thanks for the pointer. I'm doing the big file copy under vista at the moment - I'll boot into W7 and check it out when it's done. Tony (4941)
862992 2010-03-02 05:24:00 WHS needs to be updated for Windows 7, as the server o/s is older than 7. There is a service pack for WHS.
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SolMiester (139)
862993 2010-03-02 09:20:00 WHS does that install Automatically - mine did it 4th December 2009 - thats when all my passwords turned to crap, had to reset the expiry time and all sorts of "funny" log in things started happening, until I reset them.

To check if WHS has installed it, log into the server - add/remove programs - show windows updates Example (www.imagef1.net.nz)

Edited: BTW - you can set up remote desktop from W7 to WHS - saves having to log into the server, as I my case its outside in the workshop -- works real nice.
wainuitech (129)
862994 2010-03-02 09:48:00 WHS does that install Automatically - mine did it 4th December 2009 - ]

Edited: BTW - you can set up remote desktop from W7 to WHS - saves having to log into the server, as I my case its outside in the workshop -- works real nice.Thanks for that - I just checked and mine was updated 26 November. I use a thing called Remote Desktop Control - same as MS remote desktop, I guess. I use it because I've had it for years.
Tony (4941)
862995 2010-03-03 19:11:00 I hope I'm not being a bit previous, but it looks like my problem is solved. A router firmware update seems to have fixed it.

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions.
Tony (4941)
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