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Initial networking connection fails after start-up

by phawkcpa May 29, 2005 12:16PM PDT

I have a peer-to-peer network running at home. It consists of 4 computers, each running Windows XP.

My new Vaio laptop connects to the network fine, but only after going through one failed attempt first.

For example, if I boot-up and start Outlook (my data is on another computer), I get a message that the data file can not be found, but I am presented with a dialog box showing the data file just fine. If I simply click on the data file things work fine. Once I do this, all other programs see the network. I must go through a similar process each time I boot-up before I can access the network.

My network settings indicate that my network drives should all be connected at logon. I don't know what else to do. This is very annoying.

Does anyone have a suggestion?

Thank you very much!

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Outlook doesn't work long in that configuration.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator May 29, 2005 12:25PM PDT

Just be sure to backup a lot. I've tried that and it can corrupt the PST for almost no good reason.

Try this. Place a NET USE command in your startup script.

Bob

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