On Tue, 29 May 2007 04:20:00 -0700, Matt <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have recently had to upgrade my laptop and it came with Vista Home Premium
>Installed. My other laptops on the home network use XP at present. I am
>having great difficulty mapping network drives and network storage devices as
>they do initially seem to connect, then all I get is a red cross and a
>message to say the path or network drive cannot be found. I am at my wits
>end, can anyone advise me or should I go back to XP?
Matt,
What you're describing is a name resolution problem, ie inability to learn the
network address for a given name. If your network is using "broadcast" name
resolution, it's frequently caused by either a personal firewall blocking NetBT
traffic, or an inconsistent NetBT setting.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/0...ing-using.html
There are other possible causes too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/mysterious-error-53-aka-name-not-found.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...not-found.html
Or you could look at logs from "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from the
problem computer and one XP computer, and diagnose the problem. Read this
article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely (download
browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp
--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.