Crashing a computer on a network

[Sime]

I have a small home network of three PC's all two running
xp pro and one running with xp home edition. They are
connected together with standard cables and plug into a 4
port Belkin Router.

This format has worked for me for a long time, however, I
recently completed a fresh installation on one of the
PC's and set it up for file sharing on all folders and
drives etc.

When I access the PC from another PC via network places
as soon as I try tranfering data, it reboots itself. I
am running McAfee Security Centre instead of Norton,
other than that nothing else has changed.

Anyone any thought on this?

Regards

Sime

 

[Ron Lowe]

I have a small home network of three PC's all two running
xp pro and one running with xp home edition. They are
connected together with standard cables and plug into a 4
port Belkin Router.

This format has worked for me for a long time, however, I
recently completed a fresh installation on one of the
PC's and set it up for file sharing on all folders and
drives etc.

When I access the PC from another PC via network places
as soon as I try tranfering data, it reboots itself. I
am running McAfee Security Centre instead of Norton,
other than that nothing else has changed.

Anyone any thought on this?

Regards

Sime

Sounds like a driver problem on the target machine.

Set it to not reboot following a STOP error,
so the error screen remains visible.
The Blue Screen Of Death might flag up some
clues as to what's falling over.

WinKey-Break -> System properties window.
Advanced Tab;
'Startup and Recovery' section; 'Settings' button;
Clear 'Automatically Restart'.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have a small home network of three PC's all two running
xp pro and one running with xp home edition. They are
connected together with standard cables and plug into a 4
port Belkin Router.

This format has worked for me for a long time, however, I
recently completed a fresh installation on one of the
PC's and set it up for file sharing on all folders and
drives etc.

When I access the PC from another PC via network places
as soon as I try tranfering data, it reboots itself. I
am running McAfee Security Centre instead of Norton,
other than that nothing else has changed.

Anyone any thought on this?

Regards

Sime

Go to Device Manager and un-install the network adapter for the LAN
connection. Reboot and let XP detect and re-install it.

If that doesn't solve the problem, go to the network adapter
manufacturer's web site and download and install the latest XP driver
program.

Are there any relevant messages in Event Viewer? To run it, click
Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance | Administrative
Tools | Event Viewer. For more information, see:

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308427
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