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Win 7 shares: The local device name is already in use
Good morning.
IT Manager here but strange issue with my home network that I've yet to solve.
Four client PCs (Two Win 7 Pro, Two Win10) and a Win7 Pro "server" with file shares and 3rd party spam software.
Three clients work fine, no issues.
On my main PC (Win 7 Pro) every now and again, maybe a fortnight, maybe a month, my mapped drives will fail:
"An error occured while reconnecting N: to \\server\share. Microsoft Windows Network: The local device name is already in use. This connection has not been restored."
Trying to browse to \\server results in: "The specified server cannot perform the requested operation."
The only solution i've found is to restart the server, but it's a pain and I want to solve it.
Any guidance as to where to look?
Peter
IT Manager here but strange issue with my home network that I've yet to solve.
Four client PCs (Two Win 7 Pro, Two Win10) and a Win7 Pro "server" with file shares and 3rd party spam software.
Three clients work fine, no issues.
On my main PC (Win 7 Pro) every now and again, maybe a fortnight, maybe a month, my mapped drives will fail:
"An error occured while reconnecting N: to \\server\share. Microsoft Windows Network: The local device name is already in use. This connection has not been restored."
Trying to browse to \\server results in: "The specified server cannot perform the requested operation."
The only solution i've found is to restart the server, but it's a pain and I want to solve it.
Any guidance as to where to look?
Peter
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