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Win XP can't find itself

Postby bW5hcmR5 » Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:11:30 GMT

I am running XP prof. SP2 on a Dell GX520.  It is hooked up to a small 
network running SBS 2003.  The problem is that if the GX520 is left idle for 
more than a few minutes, the machine can not find itself (My Computer).  This 
is particularly apparent with trying to find mapped network drives.  The 
internet connection through this system works fine... streaming audio/video, 
even while it cannot find itself.  When this occurs, usually loggin off is 
usually required to restore connections.

Any thoughts?

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