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by dshuang5858

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I'm keep getting this following error message:

\\server\My Documents is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

The network path was not found.

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I have full right accessing the folder. One in a while, I'll get this error. I've looked into Event Viewer; there is no error log showing I'm being disconnected. I went to DOS command prompt and ping the server, I got respond back. After pinging, I'm able to access the folder right away. Very interesting enough is maybe few minutes or hours (randomly), I'll get the follow error message again.

I'm currently join in the w2k domain.

Does anyone know howto solve this issue?

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by usvirus01

check you WINS/DHCP/DNS server, specifically WINS server. Your client machine is not able to resolve the server name.

by montman

Having the same problem with two XP boxes in a workgroup. Box A can access resources on Box B but, box B is unable to access resources on A. Get same message. \\computer name is not accessible. You may not have
permission to use this network. Contact hte administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

Try this link: http://www.pctechnicians.ca/help/workgroup.html

Im not cured yet but maybe it will work for you.

Good luck

by dshuang5858

My XP workstation is join under domain not workgroup. And my Winxp is not a master computer browser.

by timwalsh

I assume you are using WinXP.

I suspect your NIC is being turned off to "save power."

Go to Device Manager | Network Adapters, and right-click on your NIC. Choose Properties and go to the Power Management tab. Uncheck the box labeled "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power."

This is one of the quirks of XP. This setting is not well documented (most users don't now about it). And of course, MS couldn't have made things simple by maybe putting this setting in the Power Management applet in Control Panel (of course that would make too much sense).

Hope this solves your problem.

by hotpepperman

It could be that you have automatic IP addressing. When the server refreshes the list you will occasionally lose contact until the Server and the client refresh and resolve the connection. If you can then work with a fixed IP address.

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