Re: [PCWorks] Network Problems & other mysterious happenings!
- From: Hugh Vandervoort <hughv2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 13:54:57 -0500
I'd look to ZA for the Workgorup name change. Maybe some kind of update? My
cat is extraordinary, but she hasn't gotten past Photoshop yet.
I only know three ways to get reboots:
Overheating (Check for dust and bad fans.
Windows Updates (Check the update istory)
Viruses (Do a full scan).
Glad to see the problem solved.
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Virginia Da Costa <vdacosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Ben, having changed the ZA firewall zone to Trusted Zone, the ping
> worked but still no access to the other computers. However, I could
> print from them (printers are physically attached to the desktop) so
> that was one bit of good news! I then discovered after much searching
> that the workgroup name on the desktop had somehow mysteriously changed
> and differed from the others - so of course that was why I couldn't
> access the data. Now all is restored and everything working again.
>
> Why these things happen so randomly is a mystery to me; I'm the only
> computer user in the house at the moment, so no-one else has physically
> touched anything (unless it's the cat, which is probably not
> impossible!). Other mysteries which PCWorkers may be able to shed light
> on are:
> frequent spontaneous rebooting on my desktop computer (XP Pro) in my
> absence - I know it happens because all the progs I was using before
> leaving the computer are shut down;
> secondly, the volume control becomes muted every time the computer
> starts up, although I reset it carefully each time. These are not
> serious faults which impede my work, but a nuisance nevertheless, which
> I am lwearning to live with.
>
> Thanks to everyone for all your help with the network problem, I hope it
> won't recur, but in future I shall know what to do.
>
> Virginia
>
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