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Windows 7 x64 losing network drives
I have a small home network with my main PC running Windows 7 x64 Pro, a network printer and a couple of other machines (Vista and XP). Connections are via a Gigabit switch to my router. I am deliberately not using a Win 7 Homegroup because my other machines are not running Win 7.
All was working fine until about 10 days ago, when the Windows 7 PC suddenly started losing the printer and other networked PCs. Internet access was not affected. Other PCs on the network also unaffected.
Strangely the Win 7 PC will rediscover the network if I disconnect the LAN cable from the PC to my gigabit switch and then reconnect. All network functions are then o.k. until the next boot-up of this Win 7 PC.
I'm assuming this is a side effect of some recent Microsoft OS update?