Randomly goes offline

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Wayne

Im on a domain mainly of Windows XP and 2000 computers,
and i have noticed that some of the XP computers randomly
goes offline, I'm not sure what causes this but does
anybody have any suggestions?
 
autodisconenction? quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net
Why some mapped network drives show a red x

SYMPTOMS: You find that the network drive mapping may be disconnected after
15 minutes of inactivity and Windows Explorer may display a red "X" on the
icon of the mapped drive. However, if you double-click it reconnects
quickly.

RESOLUTION: by default, idle connections will be dropped after 15 minutes.
To modify idle time, at a command prompt using net config server
/autodisconnect: minutes. For example, to set the Autodisconnect value to
30 minutes, you would run the following command line: net config server
/autodisconnect:30. If you would like to turn Autodisconnect off, do net
config server /autodisconnect:-1.
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No, that's not the problem. you'll be working ok and then
you get the computer icon in the system tray saying that
you are currently working offline.
 
That's not the problem too unfortunately. It's not a network plug disconnection problem
A bubble pops up down below and says you're now working offline when really you're not
It happens randomly when files are opened, saved, created, etc to the network.
 
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