Pulsar
Diamond Member
I have a new HP laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64.
It's on a network that I'd had running a long time without issues. I have a computer that acts as both as the file server and the DHCP server. It is running windows XP professional.
Here's the issue.
I keep my outlook .pst folder on the file server so I can access my email from any computer. None of the other computers have an issue with this system. The other computers are running windows xp and windows vista.
The new laptop will periodically and randomly lose the file server. The file server can still be pinged (it is the network gateway). However, it does not appear on the network neighborhood listing and cannot be navigated to by IP address (i.e. \\10.17.18.10 ).
Outlook will hang when opening because it cannot find the .pst file.
Releasing and renewing ip addresses will not fix the issue - the only thing that seems to fix it is a reboot.
The laptop that loses ability to see the shared directory still can access the internet.
I already had to disable IPV6 to make it work some of the time. But this issue has me baffled.
I really like a lot of the windows 7 features, but the absolute idiocy of the microsoft folks and their seeming inability to settle on a networking scheme for windows and HAVE IT WORK might end up with me installing xp pro on this computer.
Edit: I still cannot see the computer in network neighborhood, but the vista computer upstairs is visible. I CAN now access it by IP address, but outlook cannot find it when opening (why the hell outlook would be relying on the name resolution in network neighborhood rather than using the IP address is another bit of stupidity on microsoft's part).
It's on a network that I'd had running a long time without issues. I have a computer that acts as both as the file server and the DHCP server. It is running windows XP professional.
Here's the issue.
I keep my outlook .pst folder on the file server so I can access my email from any computer. None of the other computers have an issue with this system. The other computers are running windows xp and windows vista.
The new laptop will periodically and randomly lose the file server. The file server can still be pinged (it is the network gateway). However, it does not appear on the network neighborhood listing and cannot be navigated to by IP address (i.e. \\10.17.18.10 ).
Outlook will hang when opening because it cannot find the .pst file.
Releasing and renewing ip addresses will not fix the issue - the only thing that seems to fix it is a reboot.
The laptop that loses ability to see the shared directory still can access the internet.
I already had to disable IPV6 to make it work some of the time. But this issue has me baffled.
I really like a lot of the windows 7 features, but the absolute idiocy of the microsoft folks and their seeming inability to settle on a networking scheme for windows and HAVE IT WORK might end up with me installing xp pro on this computer.
Edit: I still cannot see the computer in network neighborhood, but the vista computer upstairs is visible. I CAN now access it by IP address, but outlook cannot find it when opening (why the hell outlook would be relying on the name resolution in network neighborhood rather than using the IP address is another bit of stupidity on microsoft's part).
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