Problem accessing network shares

Q

Qythyx

I have a fle server that I recently replaced with a new machine. The name of
the new machine is the same as that of the old, and the names of the shares
in it are also the same.

Since the upgrade my Vista machine is unable to access the shares and gives
me this error: "The parameter is incorrect". This occurrs when trying to open
mapped drives as well as trying to access the server's root UNC path.

After seeing this error I tried the "net view" command from DOS and got this:

C:\>net view \\x6
System error 87 has occurred.

The parameter is incorrect.



I've found a way to temporarily fix the problem, but after I reboot my Vista
box it happens again and I need to apply the fix again. The fix is to use
"net use" like this:

C:\>net use \\x6\software /user:xxx\username
The command completed successfully.


Note that if I use my actual domain name this command fails, but if I put in
an invalid one (like "xxx") then it succeeds. Yes, I know that's very
strange. I was lucky to find this by mistyping my domain name once and was
surprised that the command then worked. After issuing this command I can
access the file server just fine and my mapped network drives work fine as
well.


So, does anyone know how I can fix this permanently?
 
Q

Qythyx

Thanks for the suggestion. It almost wored. After doing what you suggested
and rebooting I could log into Vista without any problems, but when I tried
to access the file server I received the same error. To access it I had to
use the same workaround I used before.

I forgot to mention before that accessing the share from another Vista box
shows the same problem, but from the domain controller (Server 2003) and a XP
box everything is fine. Also, the other Vista box does not have any mapped
drives at all, so the problem is not related to that.

Any other suggestions?
 
Q

Qythyx

I tried your suggestion and the result was the same.

I did manage to eventually solve my problem. What I did was just completely
rename my file server. Fortunately it wasn't being used by too many people,
so after the rename and reconfiguration of the clients to point to it all is
well.

I decided to try that since it seemed that Vista had something about the
file server cached somewhere that was wrong, and I assumed the cache was
coorelated to the name. This fix worked for me, but in some environments
renaming a server probably isn't viable.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions.
 

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