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Odd network files issue - Windows 8

Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:31 am

Guy,

I'm having an issue where when resuming from sleep, folders and files located on a Windows 2008R2 share are greyed out with an x... I seem to recall a fix for this (flushing network cache?) but my google-fu fails me.

Workstation is Windows 8 Pro (64bit), Offline files disabled, gigabit wired connection to small 8 port Dlink switch (same switch as server).

I don't see this behaviour on my Win7 laptop or Win7 kids desktop.
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Re: Odd network files issue - Windows 8

Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:38 am

ipconfig /flushdns ?
 
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Re: Odd network files issue - Windows 8

Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:06 pm

I've seen 7 exhibit that behavior too.

IIRC it is harmless, just access the share and viola it works.
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Re: Odd network files issue - Windows 8

Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:21 pm

Its harmless for sure, just a PITA.

I have to try from an actual mapped drive, the problem is with the libraries.. ie: My Documents pointed to \\server\docs, etc.

They've fixed something since release though, when I first tried Win8, it would see my network shares, but would not access them without a bunch of hack.. a problem with SMB 3.0 IIRC..
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Re: Odd network files issue - Windows 8

Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:49 pm

Updating your NIC drivers may help.

A delay in the NIC driver resuming from sleep could be the source of woe.
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Re: Odd network files issue - Windows 8

Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:10 pm

Ryu Connor wrote:
Updating your NIC drivers may help.

A delay in the NIC driver resuming from sleep could be the source of woe.


Sorry did not completely get at what you had asked initially.

I've seen the same issue on Windows 7 (have not seen on Windows 8)
in transitioning to sleep Windows marks the paths as "down" sometime during the "sleepdown". on waking back up it does not seem to test open windows again on use but on on system startup (ie network is not yet up). Hence the only way to use an open folder is to browse in another window to the same drive to get windows to re-check the connection then you can go back tot he old explorer window.

Updating NIC drivers does not help this behaviour as it seems to be windows centric.
 
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Re: Odd network files issue - Windows 8

Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:36 pm

Arvald wrote:
Updating NIC drivers does not help this behaviour as it seems to be windows centric.


I'm afraid I can't agree with your viewpoint.

You could also try preventing the NIC from going to sleep.
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Re: Odd network files issue - Windows 8

Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:41 pm

Ryu Connor wrote:
Arvald wrote:
Updating NIC drivers does not help this behaviour as it seems to be windows centric.


I'm afraid I can't agree with your viewpoint.

You could also try preventing the NIC from going to sleep.


Well I for one have updated NIC drivers to no change in the behaviour, since I had a work around and was not that attached to my open windows I left it at that.

and that setting you showed would have no effect on power down in a sleep/hibernate situation. a Wake on lan setting would but that is UEFI or BIOS based.

But you are entitled to your opinion, as always.
 
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Re: Odd network files issue - Windows 8

Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:07 pm

Arvald wrote:
Well I for one have updated NIC drivers to no change in the behaviour, since I had a work around and was not that attached to my open windows I left it at that.


Going from one driver with a broke feature to a newer driver with the same broke feature doesn't constitute proof. ;)

and that setting you showed would have no effect on power down in a sleep/hibernate situation. a Wake on lan setting would but that is UEFI or BIOS based.


The second checkbox has to do with WOL, not the first.

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But you are entitled to your opinion, as always.


I tend to deal in fact, not opinion. ;)

What I can't promise is that what should work, will work. See the driver line at the beginning.
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Re: Odd network files issue - Windows 8

Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:02 pm

Arvald wrote:
Ryu Connor wrote:
Arvald wrote:
Updating NIC drivers does not help this behaviour as it seems to be windows centric.


I'm afraid I can't agree with your viewpoint.

You could also try preventing the NIC from going to sleep.


Well I for one have updated NIC drivers to no change in the behaviour, since I had a work around and was not that attached to my open windows I left it at that.


There is no guarantee that a driver update is going to fix every problem. If the folks who wrote the drivers were perfect, they wouldn't have needed to write an update...

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