WIndows XP Dell slow accessing mapped drives

[daml]

I have a WIndows 2000 Server with 30+ Windows XP Pro Workstations.
After working fine for 1 year, this Dell Dimension 3100 appears to be dropping it's connection to the mapped drives on the WIndows 2000 Server.

What happens is this:

I power up the Dell in the morning & it's fine for 1/2 hour to an hour.
At that point, access to the mapped drives becomes slow slow, it appears to have stopped.

I've tried:

1. Disabling the on-board Intel Pro/100 VE Network Adapter & installed a D-Link board. The problem corrected for a couple of months, but came back.
2. Moving the Dell to a different office & LAN connection didn't make a difference.

Any ideas on this would be appreciated. None of the other Workstations my LAN have this issue.

 

[GrimR]

Try TCP/IP repair

http://www.xp-smoker.com/freeware.html

Run a hardware diagnostics, usually Dell have this built into the system.