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.

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".

--
Joe =o)