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
SoftwareWindows NetworkingNetworkingWindows 7PC
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Peter Howarth
8/22/2022 - Mon
strivoli
Windows Logs on SERVER and CLIENT don't help?
Kimputer
Try to look at the event logs during the "down" time of the server. Restart is not always necessary, try to restart some network services instead. Saves you a bit of time.Any other network related software installed? Third party firewall or similar?
Your help has saved me hundreds of hours of internet surfing.
fblack61
Peter Howarth
ASKER
This went wrong again a couple of days later, and the logs did show some errors which I googled and (thought I'd) resolved. It was ok for maybe a week... then went wrong again.
Unfortunately they've gone out of the event viewers history now so i'm waiting for it to go wrong again at a convenient time when I can play with it.
I'll be back...
nobus
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