I have a recent issue on a school network we have a Server 2008 Standard network with predominantly XP Pro workstations. Over recent months we have started adding a few Vista and Windows 7 workstations. No issues on the XP machines but just recently the shared network drives are not accessible on the Vista / 7 machines and the user drive is visible as are the files but they won't open with a message coming up saying the drive is offline?

Which network adaptor are you using? On one of the clients try to Disable Receive-side scaling 1. Click Start, type Devmgmt.msc into Search bar and press Enter. 2. Expend Network adapters, right click on the NVIDIA nForce network controller and click Properties. 3. Switch to Advanced tab, highlight Receive side scaling under Property list and select Disable under Value list. 4. Click OK. 4. Click OK

Hi, Would you please let me know if the computers are in a domain environment? Is Offline Files enabled? Please ping the Server which hosts the share folder to check the connection. If there is no connection issue, I suggest using \\computer_name\shared_drive or \\IP_Address\shared_drive to access the destination. Regards, Niki Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, Would you please let me know if the computers are in a domain environment? Is Offline Files enabled? Please ping the Server which hosts the share folder to check the connection. If there is no connection issue, I suggest using \\computer_name\shared_drive or \\IP_Address\shared_drive to access the destination. Regards, Niki Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Thanks Niki, Yes it's a Domain (School) Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2. I'm only at that school on Thursdays so will be checking your suggestion out tomorrow.