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Computer losing network connection

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by pcquest Nov 14, 2002 last reply Nov 19, 2002

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When a computer is turned off and then turned back on, sometimes the network logon screen does not appear. I have to run winipcfg to renew all leases and then restart the computer. Doing this always displays the logon screen again. This happens quite frequently.

We have WIN NT servers and WIN95 workstations.

Do you know what causes this to happen and what I should do to correct this problem.

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by mptechonline Nov 14, 2002

I've run into this numerous times with some older PC's I have that were custom built (no names) with inferior hardware. I would have to Uninstall and then reinstall the NIC Drivers or do like you said and refresh the IP. They had very cheap NIC cards and they constantly did that. I wound up replacing the NIC's with 3COM's NIC's and never had that problem any further.

Just a suggestion.

by pcquest Nov 19, 2002

Thank you! Everything you mentioned is what we have.

by opatzg9 Nov 14, 2002

This the same pc with the task bar problem? May be related. Update virus software and scan.

by pcquest Nov 19, 2002

No. It's not the same but I've been told that the problem is with our NIC cards.

by keyboard kowboy Nov 14, 2002

Remove nic drivers, reboot and re-install drivers. If this doesn't fix problem, you might want to consider just replacing the nic with a better brand. D-Link or 3COM, never had a problem with either.