System Error 53 During Boot

[Thomas H. Lanier]

I have a small 10 user workgroup network.

One XP Professional computer will not reconnect to mapped network drives
after rebooting.

I've tried adding a batch file to the startup folder that deletes the
mapping and then remaps the drive.

The NET USE command will fail when run from startup with a "System Error 53"
message.

If the batch file is run after the system is fully booted, everything works
fine.

Here's the contents of the batch file:

NET USE N: /DELETE
NET USE N: \\SERVER\C-DRIVE

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Tommy
______________________________
Thomas H. Lanier
VP of Software Development
Computer Engineered Solutions, Inc.
206 Lukken Industrial E.
LaGrange, GA 30241
(706) 882-4704 voice
(706) 882-4001 fax
http://www.ces-web.com
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[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

First, just remind that the workgroup limits 10 connections. Can you ping the server by IP? Normally, The system error 53 is name resolution issue or it could be connection issue too.

System Errors System error 53 - The network path was not found. Symptom: when using net view \\ip or \\computername, you get system error 53. ...
www.chicagotech.net/systemerrors.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I have a small 10 user workgroup network.

One XP Professional computer will not reconnect to mapped network drives
after rebooting.

I've tried adding a batch file to the startup folder that deletes the
mapping and then remaps the drive.

The NET USE command will fail when run from startup with a "System Error 53"
message.

If the batch file is run after the system is fully booted, everything works
fine.

Here's the contents of the batch file:

NET USE N: /DELETE
NET USE N: \\SERVER\C-DRIVE

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Tommy
______________________________
Thomas H. Lanier
VP of Software Development
Computer Engineered Solutions, Inc.
206 Lukken Industrial E.
LaGrange, GA 30241
(706) 882-4704 voice
(706) 882-4001 fax
http://www.ces-web.com
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Thomas H. Lanier]

Robert,

If it was a connection limit issue, I wouldn't think it would work after the computer boots. Also only 5 or 6 of the 10 computers are creating mappings to the server computer.

Something during the boot process is causing a temporary problem. I guess I'll start removing programs that are loaded at boot time and see it the problem goes away.

Tommy
First, just remind that the workgroup limits 10 connections. Can you ping the server by IP? Normally, The system error 53 is name resolution issue or it could be connection issue too.

System Errors System error 53 - The network path was not found. Symptom: when using net view \\ip or \\computername, you get system error 53. ...
www.chicagotech.net/systemerrors.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I have a small 10 user workgroup network.

One XP Professional computer will not reconnect to mapped network drives
after rebooting.

I've tried adding a batch file to the startup folder that deletes the
mapping and then remaps the drive.

The NET USE command will fail when run from startup with a "System Error 53"
message.

If the batch file is run after the system is fully booted, everything works
fine.

Here's the contents of the batch file:

NET USE N: /DELETE
NET USE N: \\SERVER\C-DRIVE

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Tommy
______________________________
Thomas H. Lanier
VP of Software Development
Computer Engineered Solutions, Inc.
206 Lukken Industrial E.
LaGrange, GA 30241
(706) 882-4704 voice
(706) 882-4001 fax
http://www.ces-web.com
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Thomas H. Lanier]

Problem was corrected by installing Windows SP2 update on the workstation.

Tommy