[Fwd: Re: [Samba] Windows XP client - intermittent 'network name cannot befound' loading profile]

[Michael Vermaes]

On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 15:03, Clint Sharp wrote:

> Michael Vermaes wrote:
> 
> >Doesn't really resolve the issue, but in my case the problem went away
> >when using physical machines rather than virtual machines. The
> >environments are identical - RH ES 3.0 with Windows XP sp1a client (no
> >hotfixes or GPO settings applied). Thanks for everyone's help.
> >  
> >
> 
> Michael,
> 
> Did you do a re-install of the OS when you installed on a new physical 
> machine rather than virtual machine?  I'm almost positive this is a 
> result of something that's done to the OS post installation, as I'm able 
> to reproduce this reliably on only certain machines that have been 
> derived somehow from our standard XP image.  Our standard XP image does 
> not share this problem.  I'm hoping someone can help us narrow down what 
> the root cause of this behavior is so we can get it added to a FAQ or 
> possibly the HOWTO.  Anyone else have any other ideas?
> 
> Clint


The virtual machine had several hotfixes installed as well as some other
software, however I did have the same problem with another vm that was
completely standard (this was SP1 though, not SP1a). The physical
machines were reinstalled (both server and client) on an isolated
network.