I know that you probably may have checked, but, have you checked the power settings? Sometimes I have encountered where an update or patch will automatically set the power option to turn off the NIC to conserve power. Had an issue a couple of years ago where we had deployed about 150 desktops and we were getting an issue similar to what you are reporting. We found that the NIC power save option was set. But even if we unchecked that option we were still getting issues. We found that if we went to the previous NIC Driver the issue went away. When a newer driver came out we loaded it on a few desktops and no issues came up.
Not saying that this could be your issue, but you never know. On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Mike Gill <[email protected]>wrote: > I have a WinXP SP3 machine (same problem existed with SP2) that goes > offline randomly as indicated by the computer icon near the clock and the > balloon tip. Right-clicking and choosing synchronize brings it back online. > I see nothing in the event logs that indicate there is a problem. I’ve found > numerous tips online and thus have updated the NIC driver, set it to 100Mbs > instead of autodetect, tried a new NIC, tried a different port on the > switch, new cables, re-punched the block, tested all cables using a Fluke > tester, on and on. > > > > I have just discovered how to reproduce the event. For some reason Movie > Maker causes this to happen if there is a network resource such as a picture > when saving the movie file. At any rate, I need to know what tool and method > to use to diagnose the problem given the above. TIA! > > > > -- > Mike Gill > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
