I took a problem solving class once and they referred to those problem that fix themselves are as 'positive problems' .No one understood but me. Bad because if they happen again you can't fix em. JD -----Original Message----- From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 5:23 AM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Shane Peterson; Christian Sköld Subject: [windows2000] Re: Win2k srv/pro won't connect to a particular DFS-link windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <> scribbled on Thursday, October 20, 2005 9:07 AM: I unshared the profile folder, deleted the dfs-link and rebooted the profile server. Now everything seems to work. Still don't know for sure why the initial dfs-link was refused access on the win2k clients... Weird things happen in Windowsland. Or maybe Twilight Zone, not quite sure on this... Do you guys out there also have really weird problems happen for no apparent reason and then all of a sudden everything works , again for no apparent reason? > Hi all, > > I'm totally stumped. 8-/ > > Last night I moved our userfolders to a new fileserver, and also created > some new dfs-roots to go with it. > > Everything is peachy, kind of... WinXP, Win2k3 can connect properly to > all dfs-roots and links and so on. Win2k can connect to four of the > dfs-links, and fails on the fifth. The weird part is that *all* > win2k-machines can't connect this particular dfs-link (it's a shared dfs > on our profiles server). I've checked the permissions and so, and > they're all the same (on accessible and on non-accessible), but the > profile one, which won't allow win2k-clients access. > > To me, this reeks of some kind of permissions mishap, but still, I > checked them all and they are ok. At first I thought it was some kind of > replication issue which would be solved overnight, but no... > > Can you guys advise? > > Thx. > > > > BW, > > Sorin > > # Sorin Srbu, Systems Engineer Web: http://pharm.orgfarm.uu.se/pc/ > # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, Phone: +46 (0)18-4714482 >3 signals> GSM > # Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile Phone: +46 (0)701-718023 > # Box 574, Uppsala University, Fax: +46 (0)18-4714474 > # SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b > # > # Public PGP key available on request. > # > # () ASCII ribbon campaign - Against html E-mail > # /\ > # > # Harmless tagline follows: > # > # BOFH excuse follows: vapors from evaporating sticky-note adhesives > > > ***************************** > New Site from The Kenzig Group! > Windows Vista Links, list options > and info are available at: > http://www.VistaPop.com > ***************************** > To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation > mode or view archives use the below link. > > http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ***************************** New Site from The Kenzig Group! Windows Vista Links, list options and info are available at: http://www.VistaPop.com ***************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ***************************** New Site from The Kenzig Group! Windows Vista Links, list options and info are available at: http://www.VistaPop.com ***************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm