If a PC can browse the web but cannot see Windows shares, and/or the NIC is red-X’d in the tray, check the “Network Connections” service: it should be set to Manual, but it needs to be running, and if it’s not, you have the problem which I am writing about here :-) This is known to work in Windows 7, according to web resources it appears to be good for others as well.
- Open an administrative command shell, or run these using CMD in a remote management tool like Labtech.
- Run this:
sfc /scannowIf it says it fixed anything, reboot, and if all is well you’re done. If not: - Run this:
netsh winsock reset & shutdown -f -r -t 0The PC will reboot. Check again. If not done yet: - Then run this:
netsh int ip reset C:\ipreset.log & shutdown -f -r -t 0The PC will reboot again.
If not done yet, let me know what you did to fix it!!!