I hope someone can help me with this problem. I have an ACER 5672 (Windows XP Home) connected wirelessly with a Netgear Router. I also have another PC wired directly to the router.
Ive set up a number of folders on the other PC for shared network access and then mapped these folders as networked drives on the ACER.
When I power up the ACER with the other PC switched off I get the expected message telling me that the mapped drives could not be restored. However, when I open explorer (My Computer) the icons for the mapped drives indicate that the mapped drive is connected i.e., there is no red cross. In actual fact, as soon as you open My Computer (or refresh the explorer window) the icon with the red cross is displayed for a split second before it is replaced immediately with the icon without the red cross.
Explorer definitely knows that the mapped drive is disconnected since right-clicking to display the properties of the drive shows that the mapped drive is disconnected.
Ive spent hours searching the web but to no avail I dont know if its a windows problem or an Acer application problem (the closest I got to someone with a similar problem spoke about Network Provider (NP) dlls but then my brain started hurt)![]()
Any help would be very welcome.![]()
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I understand the issue, but don't get why this bothers you. I concur that it's annoying and isn't working properly though. That said, I don't have any advice for you.
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Ahhh, that's sensible then.
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Not sure can try the following from a command prompt :
net use /persistent:no
No Red Cross
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by LucyHi, Mar 17, 2006.