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dataDude · 11-02-2005, 05:50 PM

I have a Windows 2003 data server to which I also login all my computers. For a while I have no problem accessing the shared folder I have set up on the server. Sometime later I'll try to access the server with any other computer I use and come to find out that I no longer have access to that share. I'm not sure how to check for any other time-dependent settings other than under the sharing properties of the drive (nothing suspicious there). At first I just had the problem where I couldn't delete any files from the server's drive and then found out that I had forgotten about a permission; things worked fine for a while after that, but now I just have to wait long enough before the server cuts the privileges out again. The only other way I've found to restore access has been to reboot each computer that's not the server. Can anyone shed light on the matter? Thanks.

BTW: sometimes I can't access the network share even from the server on which it's shared!

The client PC's here are 2 windows xp's with similar settings (both have more than enough "guts" to support really anything I've ever thrown at them i.e. Unreal, UT GOTY, Doom3, etc.) and 1 Windows 2000 machine with power of its own. They're all connected to the network via Netgear router.

11-02-2005, 05:50 PM	#1
dataDude Member (8 bit) Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Phoenix Posts: 223	Computers inexplicably disconnect from 2003 data server. I have a Windows 2003 data server to which I also login all my computers. For a while I have no problem accessing the shared folder I have set up on the server. Sometime later I'll try to access the server with any other computer I use and come to find out that I no longer have access to that share. I'm not sure how to check for any other time-dependent settings other than under the sharing properties of the drive (nothing suspicious there). At first I just had the problem where I couldn't delete any files from the server's drive and then found out that I had forgotten about a permission; things worked fine for a while after that, but now I just have to wait long enough before the server cuts the privileges out again. The only other way I've found to restore access has been to reboot each computer that's not the server. Can anyone shed light on the matter? Thanks. BTW: sometimes I can't access the network share even from the server on which it's shared! The client PC's here are 2 windows xp's with similar settings (both have more than enough "guts" to support really anything I've ever thrown at them i.e. Unreal, UT GOTY, Doom3, etc.) and 1 Windows 2000 machine with power of its own. They're all connected to the network via Netgear router. __________________ "Advancement is answering the questions, discovery is questioning the answers."