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JP
First of all, I have to apologize for cross-posting. I am desperate for
finding a solution to an XP laptop which disappears from the network all of
a sudden. Yesterday, the computer was still PINGable on the network.
Today, you cannot PING it or use any port scanner to detect it.
The machine is running XP SP1 with all the latest patches applied. It has
NAV and Adaware installed too. Virus definition is up to date. Has
performed scanning of viruses and spyware. I used Autorun from
SysInterals.com to check all autostart components, nothing peculiar found.
1. \\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run - very clean
2. Startup folder is empty
3. Has run SYSEDIT to check autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini and
system.ini. No unknown entries found.
4. When boot to Safe Mode with Network, machine is PINGable.
5. During Normal Startup, can log on to DC, open network share, print, surf
the web and use any network resources. It can PING its own IP and loopback,
but no other machines can see it.
6. Has been working fine for a few months until today.
7. For compatibility issue, has to stay with SP1. Has just re-applied it.
8. Noticed that sometimes when starting up an application, the windows
status bar at the bottom has a "check version" box flashes and then
disappeared. Don't know if it means anything.
Help!
finding a solution to an XP laptop which disappears from the network all of
a sudden. Yesterday, the computer was still PINGable on the network.
Today, you cannot PING it or use any port scanner to detect it.
The machine is running XP SP1 with all the latest patches applied. It has
NAV and Adaware installed too. Virus definition is up to date. Has
performed scanning of viruses and spyware. I used Autorun from
SysInterals.com to check all autostart components, nothing peculiar found.
1. \\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run - very clean
2. Startup folder is empty
3. Has run SYSEDIT to check autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini and
system.ini. No unknown entries found.
4. When boot to Safe Mode with Network, machine is PINGable.
5. During Normal Startup, can log on to DC, open network share, print, surf
the web and use any network resources. It can PING its own IP and loopback,
but no other machines can see it.
6. Has been working fine for a few months until today.
7. For compatibility issue, has to stay with SP1. Has just re-applied it.
8. Noticed that sometimes when starting up an application, the windows
status bar at the bottom has a "check version" box flashes and then
disappeared. Don't know if it means anything.
Help!