Hi I have 2 Dell Inspiron PCs connected to a Netgear DG834 Broadband router. One PC is wired to the router, the other is on wireless. The PC which is wired is set up to share disk space and printer. It is running XP SP3. The PC which is wireless is connected using a Belkin 54g Wireless USB adapter. The PC is running Visa Home Premium SP2. I have mapped drive letter "M" to the shared disk space on the XP PC, and mapped the printer on the XP PC to be recognised on the Vista PC. Both PCs are powered off overnight. So far so good. However, I experience some problems. Most days the XP PC is started first, then the Vista PC. Sometimes, but not every time the Vista PC fails to connect via wireless to the router, so no network service is available. In these cases, the PC cannot connect to the Internet, and can't see the XP PC to access the shared disk space or printer. Two forms of corrective action have been found to be effective. (a) restart the PC and hope it works this time, it usually does. (b) safely remove the USB Wireless adapter, then insert it again, and hope that the network initialisation will configure everything as needed. It usually does. I would prefer not to have to perform either of these corrective actions. Having got a successful network connection by one means or another, a further problem can occur. While remaining connected to the router and the Internet, connection is lost from the Vista PC to the XP PC with its shared space and printer. Attempts result in the message "this resource is no longer available". See attached. Remedial action as in (a) and (b) above have been known to work. But this is particularly irritating, if it happens when a scheduled back up job to transfer files from the Vista PC to the XP PC is due, because the backup job fails, and has to be restarted manually. A third mysterious event occurs if I decide, having lost shared disk access, to shut down the Vista PC. The "Logging Off" screen comes on, and stays for ever. I have even left it overnight. PC does not shutdown. I have discovered that by unsafely removing the USB wireless adapter under these conditions, the PC immediately proceeds to "Shutting Down" and shuts down! I have describe the symptoms. Can anyone suggest the cause or some permanent corrective action? John
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