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shared forlders

by oliver.mercado Feb 19, 2009 2:33PM PST

Hi I have this weird problem with some of my windows xp machines. The first time it boots up to windows I can access any shared folders. After a period of time I can't access the shared folders. Windows just sits without any output.What I do is I logoff and login again. After logging in I can access the shared folders but after a while I can't. This only happens to 3 of my computers the others works fine. Please help

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Check network card settings

by Steven Haninger Feb 19, 2009 7:54PM PST

Also, are these wired or wireless. It makes a difference. Make sure they aren't set to disconnect after a certain period of non-use. Keep in mind that resetting any PC on a peer-to-peer network can disrupt the whole connection process as you have one PC that becomes responsible for keeping track of all the shares regardless of which PC they are on.

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