Help - XP keeps going into OFFLINE MODE

You know the message - in the bottom corner "You Are Now Working Offline" - it keeps appearing and the laptop goes offline - and off the network for no apparent reason.

Is it worth disabling Offline files? at the moment i'm trying the laptop (which is having the problem) in a different network point.

 

Is it worth disabling Offline files?

Nope. Would have no effect.

If you are on a wired or wireless network, you are dealing probably with a bad hub/switch port, a bad network card, or else a very strange and rare software issue. My money is on hardware and changing the port it plugs into is a great thing to try first.

If that doesn't fix things, describe the hardware and the network a little. And I'm moving this to the networking section since I thing that's where the problem lies.

 

tried 4 other computers in the same network point - no problems whatsoever the others all work fine.

i've disabled Offline Files and that has worked. The only problem now is that the user can't work on a document at the office and then go home in offline mode and carry on.

 

Please describe your network.

- Domain or workgroup
- One flat network or routed
- Operating systems in use
- Wired, wireless, some combo
- etc.

Are there any significant entries in the system or applications event logs on problem system?

And the results of ipconfig /all when the system is showing as off line would be helpful.

 

great stuff - at the minute the staff member is using the system with offline files mode disabled. early next week i'm gonna have the system for testing so i'll post more info then. as it happens this user is about my only user who needs offline files!