problem connecting from 2008 to 2003

Hi,

I have a server 2008 R2 server as a remote desktop server and a server 2003
R2 as a file server, both joined to the same domain. When I am on the 2008
server, I try to access \\2003srv\. Sometimes I can access it, sometimes I
get an error 0x80070035 that 2008 can't access the server. But only
sometimes. If I reboot 2008, I can access \\2003srv\ for awhile, but
eventually after I log out and log back in a couple of times, it can't access
\\2003srv\. This happens on different logins, but admins and users.

But, I can always access a second 2003 R2 server, \\2003srv2\ with no
problems. Even when I can't access \\2003srv\. And I can always access
\\2003srv.full.domainname.com\ even at the times I can't access \\2003srv\.

All servers are fully patched and there's nothing in the error logs on
either one. 2003srv is a file server and my 2008 server is only client that
has ever had this problem. The firewall on 2008 is turned off, still no luck.

2008 has Netbios over tcp/ip explicitly turned on. There are no entries in
hosts or lmhosts.sam. IPv6 is turned off.

I'm at a loss as to what to check next. Any ideas?

One more bit of information. Even when I can't access \\2003srv\, I can
still ping 2003srv and it has the correct ip address, just like when I ping
2003srv.full.domainname.com. So it knows the ip address.

Thanks!

Hello Bob,

Let's start with DNS settings, please post an unedited ipconfig /all from
both machines in question and the DC/DNS servers, if different.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi,
>
> I have a server 2008 R2 server as a remote desktop server and a server
> 2003 R2 as a file server, both joined to the same domain. When I am
> on the 2008 server, I try to access \\2003srv\. Sometimes I can
> access it, sometimes I get an error 0x80070035 that 2008 can't access
> the server. But only sometimes. If I reboot 2008, I can access
> \\2003srv\ for awhile, but eventually after I log out and log back in
> a couple of times, it can't access \\2003srv\. This happens on
> different logins, but admins and users.
>
> But, I can always access a second 2003 R2 server, \\2003srv2\ with no
> problems. Even when I can't access \\2003srv\. And I can always
> access \\2003srv.full.domainname.com\ even at the times I can't access
> \\2003srv\.
>
> All servers are fully patched and there's nothing in the error logs on
> either one. 2003srv is a file server and my 2008 server is only
> client that has ever had this problem. The firewall on 2008 is turned
> off, still no luck.
>
> 2008 has Netbios over tcp/ip explicitly turned on. There are no
> entries in hosts or lmhosts.sam. IPv6 is turned off.
>
> I'm at a loss as to what to check next. Any ideas?
>

Hi,

Thanks for the response. I fixed the problem, but I didn't solve it. I
rebooted 2008 and logged in as a different domain user. The second user
didn't have any problems no matter how many times I logged in and out. So I
logged in as the local admin and deleted the profile for the first account.
That made the problem go away.

So it was something specific to that first account I was using. Now the
first account is working just fine and I can't break it anymore.

Bob

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

> Hello Bob,
>
> Let's start with DNS settings, please post an unedited ipconfig /all from
> both machines in question and the DC/DNS servers, if different.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a server 2008 R2 server as a remote desktop server and a server
> > 2003 R2 as a file server, both joined to the same domain. When I am
> > on the 2008 server, I try to access \\2003srv\. Sometimes I can
> > access it, sometimes I get an error 0x80070035 that 2008 can't access
> > the server. But only sometimes. If I reboot 2008, I can access
> > \\2003srv\ for awhile, but eventually after I log out and log back in
> > a couple of times, it can't access \\2003srv\. This happens on
> > different logins, but admins and users.
> >
> > But, I can always access a second 2003 R2 server, \\2003srv2\ with no
> > problems. Even when I can't access \\2003srv\. And I can always
> > access \\2003srv.full.domainname.com\ even at the times I can't access
> > \\2003srv\.
> >
> > All servers are fully patched and there's nothing in the error logs on
> > either one. 2003srv is a file server and my 2008 server is only
> > client that has ever had this problem. The firewall on 2008 is turned
> > off, still no luck.
> >
> > 2008 has Netbios over tcp/ip explicitly turned on. There are no
> > entries in hosts or lmhosts.sam. IPv6 is turned off.
> >
> > I'm at a loss as to what to check next. Any ideas?
> >
>
>
> .
>