Computers dying on me!

[hapoo]

I don't know what happened, it was fine a couple days ago but now whenever i try to play a song off the network, try to access a file on a network share, etc. the application doing the accessing just freezes up on me. I'm running Winxp pro with all the patches. Any idea's?

[Hiro]

replace NIC.

[hapoo]

well, the problem is that http is working fine for the most part. only fails when trying to access a shared drive.

[NuTs62]

heh.. i dunno if its XP or what.. my network computers can't see each other now. Mine is running XP, sister's is runnin win2k. for some reason, after updating all the drivers, i can't get both hooked up to my router for dsl. can only hook dsl directly into my system to work.. so im stuck like u r =P

[hapoo]

wow, the impossible happened. It was the linux box's fault! one of the buttons on the keyboard was held down, i wonder if that had anything to do with it. Anyway, i just rebooted, and now everything works :D

[sleepminded]

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[LPMiller]

Originally posted by hapoo
well, the problem is that http is working fine for the most part. only fails when trying to access a shared drive.

yeah, but I had the same exact problem, and replacing the nic fixed it. Accessing a shared drive isn't the same as acessing http.

But, sounds like you found the problem.

[hapoo]

are you sure by installing another nic you didn't cause the computer to reinstall the networking protocols?

[LPMiller]

fairly sure, yes, as I tested the card in other PC's and it showed the same behavior. When hardware starts to futz out, it can do odd things.