File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks Failing

[jdorion]

Originally Posted by Wim

Hi All

I was just reading this thread and it reminded me of a known issue in Windows when you have connected too many USB Ethernet adaptors and they are stored in the registry. You get weird behaviour of the connection working but unable to connect to network shares.

It was a problem in Windows 7, and not sure if it has been solved for Windows 10. There is a thread on it here:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...ork-interfaces

And here:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...tpronetworking

Worth checking if this is the issue, especially if you use hot desking, so will end up with many different USB Ethernet entries in device manager, if you move desks a lot.

Wim

I don't think this is the issue or at least isn't in our environment. The only that that changed was going from a Windows 7 Pro laptop to a Windows 10 Pro laptop. The docking station and all peripherals remained the same.