Can't see network drive contents or print after hibernation.

[Guest bguill00]

Windows XP pro SP2. Dell D830 (also happened on D810 and D820). I

rarely shutdown when I leave for the day (hate to wait for Symantec to

do it's thing when it's a fresh boot). I generally, hibernate at the

end of the day, come out of hibernation at some point at home, work

for a while, hibernate again and then come out of hibernation when I

am at the office the next day. The issue is 9 times out of 10 when I

get in the office again I can't print and I can only see portions of

my network shares. If I access a network drive I may see 5 sub

folders, sometimes 20, where there are hundreds. If I browse to the

the share, same limited contents. I have a few shortcuts to

frequently used documents on my desktop that become inaccessible. I

also cannot print to any of the network printers. All other network

access is fine. The only thing I can find that fixes the issue is to

reboot. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a service I can

restart that will resolve this and keep me from having to reboot.

 

Thank you.

[Guest Elmo]

Re: Can't see network drive contents or print after hibernation.

 

bguill00 wrote:

> Windows XP pro SP2. Dell D830 (also happened on D810 and D820). I

> rarely shutdown when I leave for the day (hate to wait for Symantec to

> do it's thing when it's a fresh boot). I generally, hibernate at the

> end of the day, come out of hibernation at some point at home, work

> for a while, hibernate again and then come out of hibernation when I

> am at the office the next day. The issue is 9 times out of 10 when I

> get in the office again I can't print and I can only see portions of

> my network shares. If I access a network drive I may see 5 sub

> folders, sometimes 20, where there are hundreds. If I browse to the

> the share, same limited contents. I have a few shortcuts to

> frequently used documents on my desktop that become inaccessible. I

> also cannot print to any of the network printers. All other network

> access is fine. The only thing I can find that fixes the issue is to

> reboot. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a service I can

> restart that will resolve this and keep me from having to reboot.

>

> Thank you.

 

One thought: Open Device Manager, open the properties on your ethernet

card, click the Power tab, and deselect "Allow the computer to turn off

this device to save power".

 

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Joe =o)