Laptop question. XP sp1, cannot find exchange server

Hello,

I noticed that on some users laptops, they are "losing" their lan
connections after standbying and resuming their laptops. I know that there
is a network connect timeout value on Win2k server connections, when you
open my computer you see a "disconnected network drive" but if you click the
drive, you see all your files. Is this same value affecting the user's
connections to the exchange server? It does not happen on the Desktop pcs.
What do you think? All the desktops are Win2k, laptops XP SP1.

John

Dave
Mon Nov 10 14:40:24 CST 2003

I don't know why laptops seem to run into this frequently while desktop
machines don't. I had this go away for months when I replaced the laptop's
NIC, but I suspect it was more because of deleting and recreating the
network configuration than the actual hardware.

Try opening network connections, r-click on the LAN connection and click
"repair." That will delete and recreate all the cached network information.
If you're having the same problem we sometimes run into here, that should
clear it up until it happens again - then just run the "repair" again.

On Win2K, you won't have a repair option - get this article and run the
commands manually to accomplish the same thing:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;289256


"JohnJ" <JohnJ@dontreply.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I noticed that on some users laptops, they are "losing" their lan
> connections after standbying and resuming their laptops. I know that there
> is a network connect timeout value on Win2k server connections, when you
> open my computer you see a "disconnected network drive" but if you click
the
> drive, you see all your files. Is this same value affecting the user's
> connections to the exchange server? It does not happen on the Desktop pcs.
> What do you think? All the desktops are Win2k, laptops XP SP1.
>
> John
>
>

johnj
Mon Nov 10 23:21:28 CST 2003

thx.
"Dave Nickason" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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> I don't know why laptops seem to run into this frequently while desktop
> machines don't. I had this go away for months when I replaced the
laptop's
> NIC, but I suspect it was more because of deleting and recreating the
> network configuration than the actual hardware.
>
> Try opening network connections, r-click on the LAN connection and click
> "repair." That will delete and recreate all the cached network
information.
> If you're having the same problem we sometimes run into here, that should
> clear it up until it happens again - then just run the "repair" again.
>
> On Win2K, you won't have a repair option - get this article and run the
> commands manually to accomplish the same thing:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;289256
>
>
> "JohnJ" <JohnJ@dontreply.net> wrote in message
> news:_vQrb.20674$Zb7.18614@fed1read01...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I noticed that on some users laptops, they are "losing" their lan
> > connections after standbying and resuming their laptops. I know that
there
> > is a network connect timeout value on Win2k server connections, when
you
> > open my computer you see a "disconnected network drive" but if you click
> the
> > drive, you see all your files. Is this same value affecting the user's
> > connections to the exchange server? It does not happen on the Desktop
pcs.
> > What do you think? All the desktops are Win2k, laptops XP SP1.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
>
>