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I agree with rbarnhardt, we did this in our production environment and it fixed the mapped drives DC issue.
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I agree with rbarnhardt, we did this in our production environment and it fixed the mapped drives DC issue.

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Sometimes firewall can also cause this kind of issues. I suggest you temporary disable the firewall client &nbsp;computers. There should be no issues with windows 2008 and windows 7.
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Sometimes firewall can also cause this kind of issues. I suggest you temporary disable the firewall client  computers. There should be no issues with windows 2008 and windows 7.

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i cant believe that i would have to change something like this in a new envirnment. &nbsp;changed it on both workstations and did nothing, then changed it on server and it worked.
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i cant believe that i would have to change something like this in a new envirnment.  changed it on both workstations and did nothing, then changed it on server and it worked.

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I have a client we just upgraded them to a new server 2008 std and 2 new dell vostro workstations with windows 7 pro. &nbsp;they are on a domain, which is a new one then the other domaain on the old server. &nbsp;its a very simple setup. &nbsp;one router and 1 switch. we replaced the router and the switch. &nbsp;new netgear wireless n router gigabit and gigabit switch smc. &nbsp;<br />
Problem- they keep losing connection to their mapped drives randomly?? &nbsp;The computer that loses it can still ping the server and connect to the internet. &nbsp;any help?
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I have a client we just upgraded them to a new server 2008 std and 2 new dell vostro workstations with windows 7 pro.  they are on a domain, which is a new one then the other domaain on the old server.  its a very simple setup.  one router and 1 switch. we replaced the router and the switch.  new netgear wireless n router gigabit and gigabit switch smc.  
Problem- they keep losing connection to their mapped drives randomly??  The computer that loses it can still ping the server and connect to the internet.  any help?

Mapped drives disconnecting, server 2008, windows 7 professional

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