Network drive file problems

[David Stockford]

I have a mybook network drive which is accessed by various machines running
XP professional and Vista Business.

When Files are accessed by the vista machine it renames the original file
with a .tmp filename. The XP machines can no longer see the original filename.

The Vista machines regularly complain that the network drive is not online
when saving files to the network drive. This requires the Vista machines to
be restarted to resolve.

The XP machines have no problems with the network drives.

Are there any tweaks to Vista that need to be made to make them work with
Network drives correctly?

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
I have few Vista installation that works variety of Network Drives with No
problem what so ever. My guess would be that there is something concerning
with your specific Drive (My Book uses samba for network shares) that causes
it. try to approach it from my Mybook point of view (I.e. look for forums
that deal with MyBook issues).
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

 

[+Bob+]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:26:01 -0700, David Stockford <David

Are there any tweaks to Vista that need to be made to make them work with
Network drives correctly?

Try these two tweaks first:

- Go into Power Options and set the network adaptor to "maximize
performance".

- Go into Device Manager, locate the network card, and uncheck the
"Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".

See how much of the problem goes away.

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

This post may help.

Other OS can't see files saved by Vista
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=5110

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How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[David Stockford]

Hi Jack,

Thanks for the advice I will check the relevant Forums for more information.

Regards
David

 

[David Stockford]

Hi Bob,

I have checked these settings and they are as you suggest however the laptop
has wireless turned on at the same time as being physically attached to a
network cable, so I have turned off the Wireless option to see if this helps.

Thanks for your advice

 

[David Stockford]

Hi Robert,

Checked the settings mentioned in the article and they are set as recomended.

Thanks for the advice

 

[+Bob+]

Hi Bob,

I have checked these settings and they are as you suggest however the laptop
has wireless turned on at the same time as being physically attached to a
network cable, so I have turned off the Wireless option to see if this helps.

Thanks for your advice

If you're using the hardwired card, make sure that it's setting is the
same in Device Manager as the wireless (don't let it be powered off).
That usually solves the problem with Vista dropping connections while
programs are running, IMHE.