# Windows home network problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-home-network-problem/431149>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 24, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-home-network-problem/431149 "2007-12-24T19:29:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-home-network-problem/431149/1 "2007-12-24T19:29:15Z")

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I have a mini home network–2 computers, both WinXP, into a Linksys Router. When I take my laptop on the road and then come back, sometimes I can’t see the desktop any more. When I attempt to map a drive, I can see the desktop, but when I try to Explore it, I get: “You might not have permissions to use this network resource…” (etc.). My permissions haven’t changed. Sometimes at a hotel they change my network connection settings, but I think I’ve got them back where they’re supposed to be (Obtain an IP address automatically).

How can I troubleshoot this problem?

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-home-network-problem/431149/2 "2007-12-24T21:13:41Z")

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This has worked for me. Run  
ipconfig release  
and then  
ipconfig renew  
You can run these from a run window or from a command prompt.

Luck!

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-home-network-problem/431149/3 "2007-12-25T03:56:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Hari Seldon]  
Run  
ipconfig release  
and then  
ipconfig renew  
[/QUOTE]  
ipconfig /release

ipconfig /renew

The forward slashes are required.