W2003 server

I have a 3003 -std edition server with 9 Win xp=pro
clients. I have finally resolved the problem of loosing
the network connection overnight. I am now left with one
other and that is that they keep getting booted out of
word documents. (They are using teh server as a huge share
for about 300 documents) when this happens they have to
restart and log back into the network. At this point, I
have tried changing the 1GB NIC to work at 100MB HDX. Has
anyone run into this or can you tell me if there is
microsoft software I can run that will give me a look at
what is going on in the network. (preferably free) The nic
has a utility and it shows total trf and any errors. So
far 0 errors receive/send detected
Thanks in adavance

Run an ipconfig on your client and make sure your DNS is pointed at
the server's ip address. Without DNS, you will experience the
symptoms you are describing.



"RAC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<026e01c48ba7$1517ff30$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I have a 3003 -std edition server with 9 Win xp=pro
> clients. I have finally resolved the problem of loosing
> the network connection overnight. I am now left with one
> other and that is that they keep getting booted out of
> word documents. (They are using teh server as a huge share
> for about 300 documents) when this happens they have to
> restart and log back into the network. At this point, I
> have tried changing the 1GB NIC to work at 100MB HDX. Has
> anyone run into this or can you tell me if there is
> microsoft software I can run that will give me a look at
> what is going on in the network. (preferably free) The nic
> has a utility and it shows total trf and any errors. So
> far 0 errors receive/send detected
> Thanks in adavance

I checked and it is pointing to the IP of the server. The
documents are large. Is there any limitation to number of
documents in a share location on the server or within the
Office 2000 that you may know of. Everything seems to keep
pointing in that direction.
TIN
RAC
>-----Original Message-----
>Run an ipconfig on your client and make sure your DNS is
pointed at
>the server's ip address. Without DNS, you will
experience the
>symptoms you are describing.
>
>
>
>"RAC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:<026e01c48ba7$1517ff30$(E-Mail Removed)>...
>> I have a 3003 -std edition server with 9 Win xp=pro
>> clients. I have finally resolved the problem of loosing
>> the network connection overnight. I am now left with
one
>> other and that is that they keep getting booted out of
>> word documents. (They are using teh server as a huge
share
>> for about 300 documents) when this happens they have to
>> restart and log back into the network. At this point, I
>> have tried changing the 1GB NIC to work at 100MB HDX.
Has
>> anyone run into this or can you tell me if there is
>> microsoft software I can run that will give me a look
at
>> what is going on in the network. (preferably free) The
nic
>> has a utility and it shows total trf and any errors. So
>> far 0 errors receive/send detected
>> Thanks in adavance
>.
>

I have seen the rare occasion on Win98 machines where opening a folder
with several hundred or more documents within Word 2000 will crash the
program. Perhaps this is the issue you are having here.

We never did find any other work around except to break down the huge
folder into subfolders.

Try splitting up the folder, even if it is a temporary fix, to
diagnose whether this is the problem.


"rac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<011901c48c63$184236a0$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I checked and it is pointing to the IP of the server. The
> documents are large. Is there any limitation to number of
> documents in a share location on the server or within the
> Office 2000 that you may know of. Everything seems to keep
> pointing in that direction.
> TIN
> RAC
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Run an ipconfig on your client and make sure your DNS is
> pointed at
> >the server's ip address. Without DNS, you will
> experience the
> >symptoms you are describing.
> >
> >
> >
> >"RAC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:<026e01c48ba7$1517ff30$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> >> I have a 3003 -std edition server with 9 Win xp=pro
> >> clients. I have finally resolved the problem of loosing
> >> the network connection overnight. I am now left with
> one
> >> other and that is that they keep getting booted out of
> >> word documents. (They are using teh server as a huge
> share
> >> for about 300 documents) when this happens they have to
> >> restart and log back into the network. At this point, I
> >> have tried changing the 1GB NIC to work at 100MB HDX.
> Has
> >> anyone run into this or can you tell me if there is
> >> microsoft software I can run that will give me a look
> at
> >> what is going on in the network. (preferably free) The
> nic
> >> has a utility and it shows total trf and any errors. So
> >> far 0 errors receive/send detected
> >> Thanks in adavance
> >.
> >