Cannot open mapped network drive

K

kecker

Ok I can see the other PCs/devices on my network just fine. One of them is
just a basic network harddrive.

I can map one of the folders on that drive just fine. Then I double click
on the drive under Computer (in my case it's drive Z:). It opens up and I
see all the sub-folders and files in the mapped location.

Now here's the problem. If I double click on any of the folders to open
them, it basically just hangs. The....what I'm assuming is a progress bar
across the top eventually fills up and then just sits there.

If I double click on any of the files, it'll open the app to view that file
(say notepad for instance), but then notepad will just hang without having
read the file. And once again I'll see the progress bar on the explorer
window fill up and then just sit there.

Why can't I access anything on a mapped network drive??? I have three other
PCs on this network. One running XP, one running 2K, and one running 98
(don't ask). All can access the same network drive with no problems at all.

What is the problem here?? I don't have the Windows firewall or anything
like that enabled so I'm not sure of what the problem is.
 
C

Chuds

Hi,
I am also having the exact same problem. I have a standalone network drive,
worked fine in XP and works fine connected via usb. But when connected via my
network i cannot access anything, it just hangs and i end up crashing out of
it!

I would really love an answer to this

PS i have also tried disabling the UAC and disabling all firewalls with no
effect.
 
R

Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)

I found two posts. All are related to the NIC. You may want to check if
there is a new driver for the NIC first.

Vista hangs when connecting to a ...Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:39 am Post
subject: Vista hangs when connecting to a ... network card then vista will
hang when those little bars are going ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=2103

When Vista starts the network hangsare attached. Whenever the Vista PC
starts up and the user starts to browse the internet, the network hangs for
everyone except for the VOIP that is ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=1908&sid=bbc8b2ea92c1f85a458f17fbe490464b



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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
 
K

kecker

Well it's an onboard ethernet connection, not a seperate NIC card I'm using,
but in any case, no new drivers.

And yes like Chuds, this is a standalone network drive I'm trying to connect
to. I don't think it has an interface for a direct USB connection so I can't
try that method.
 

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