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by trek05

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At random intervals during the day, certain PCs cannot print. When I browse the network to find the PC where the printer is setup, I get a message stating that there are no logon servers available. This has begun to happen more frequently. So, the short term fix has been to log off, then back on. Anybody have a suggestion?

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by tonythetiger

or a busy server can sometimes cause weird symptoms.

We had a user get one of those mass mailing worms in her email and when she ran the attachment, the whole building came to a crawl about 5 minutes until we figured out what was wrong.

File downloaders can cause this too.

by trek05

thanks for the reply... this problem seems to only occur on one PC, which is a new Dell Dim 3000. i thought i narrowed it down to a roaming profile issue, but that didn't solve it. Any more suggestions are appreciated.

by jdclyde

Hardware:
May be a bad NIC.
May be a bad patch cable.
How much memory is on the system? You would be amazed how many problems I fix by adding memory.

Software:
Spyware/malware/trojans/worms. Boot to [b]safe mode[/b] and run a full viruse AND full spyware scan. Yes, you will find more and clean better in safe mode.

Is it using multiple applications that can't print or just one? If only one, reinstall that app.

Look for anything in their office that could cause interferance. Things plugged into the same outlet like space heaters can create lots of EMI's.

If that doesn't do it for you, post this in the Technical Q&A section. That will get you the best answers from people that specialize in that.

Just make a point to include more information about OS's of server and PC, frequency of the problem and so on.

Good luck.

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