Monthly Archives: June 2009

Fixes, Registry Hacks, SBS 2003, Windows Vista

Vista networking issues with SBS2003

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I have come across an issue which has come up regularly when using Vista workstations in a SBS2003 network. A network share cannot be accessed properly from the Vista PC. Files can be created, copied to, or deleted off the network share. However, when an attempt is made to rename the file, or edit and save the file, an error pops up similar to the following – “The file cannot be found” or “The network resource is no longer available”.
 
One way to fix this is to reset the Offline Folders database, which may be corrupted. To do this:
 
1. Open Regedit
2. Go to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CSC\Parameters
3. Edit or add the DWORD value called FormatDatabase to 1
4. Restart the computer
 
Alternatively, disable Offline Files in the Control Panel and restart the PC.
 
Fixes, Windows 7

Windows 7 and IPv6

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I’ve been having issues with my Windows 7 RC test PC over the past two weeks. Every day or two, Internet connectivity would stop and the PC would requirea reboot. Symptoms were unusual.
1. Some websites worked, while others wouldn’t.
2. In a command prompt, ping would not work, with the name not being resolved.
3. However, NSLOOKUP would work fine, and return a valid answer.
4. TRACERT would not work, since PING didn’t work.
5. The Network Sharing Centre would report that there was Internet Access.
 
After fiddling around, I realised that the IPv6 DNS was taking preceedence. I checked the SBS2008 server DNS and everything appeared to work properly.
Finally, I turned off all IPv6 services, and suddenly, Internet Connectivity was restored.
 
Interesting?