"msenior" wrote:

> I've had something strange happen a few days ago with two computers in our
> domain. The mapped network drives would appear as "Disconnected", and if I
> went into the Computer Name in System Properties, the full computer name
> appeared as just the user ID (not User ID.domain), the "Network ID" and
> "Change..." buttons were grayed out, and it said at the bottom that
> "Networking is not installed or is not properly configured."  If I went into
> Services, I would restart the "RPC Locator" and this would resolve the
> issues, but only for a few minutes.
>
> I checked to see if there was an issue with "Client for MS Networks" not
> being installed, but that was installed and working.
>
> Any idea of what could be happening?
>
> Thanks.

"ASchaum" wrote:

> I've just had the same thing happen.  2 computers (one laptop with wireless
> connection, the other a desktop with ethernet) report the same error, but
> have connectivity to internet and Outlook (Exchange 2003 on SBS 2003).  When
> I removed the Automatic assignment of network info and put in the IP/Subnet,
> etc, I regained my connection to the network as administrator, but
> immediately lost it again when logging back in as the employee (who had
> administrator level access to the PC, but is just a regular Domain member).
>
> "msenior" wrote:
>
> > I've had something strange happen a few days ago with two computers in our
> > domain. The mapped network drives would appear as "Disconnected", and if I
> > went into the Computer Name in System Properties, the full computer name
> > appeared as just the user ID (not User ID.domain), the "Network ID" and
> > "Change..." buttons were grayed out, and it said at the bottom that
> > "Networking is not installed or is not properly configured."  If I went into
> > Services, I would restart the "RPC Locator" and this would resolve the
> > issues, but only for a few minutes.
> >
> > I checked to see if there was an issue with "Client for MS Networks" not
> > being installed, but that was installed and working.
> >
> > Any idea of what could be happening?
> >
> > Thanks.

"psems" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We are seeing some similar issues. We are getting the following:
> "Networking is not installed or is not properly configured"
>
> it looks like a large number of services are also crashing.
>
> We are running Symantec AV...
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
> "ASchaum" wrote:
>
> > I've just had the same thing happen.  2 computers (one laptop with wireless
> > connection, the other a desktop with ethernet) report the same error, but
> > have connectivity to internet and Outlook (Exchange 2003 on SBS 2003).  When
> > I removed the Automatic assignment of network info and put in the IP/Subnet,
> > etc, I regained my connection to the network as administrator, but
> > immediately lost it again when logging back in as the employee (who had
> > administrator level access to the PC, but is just a regular Domain member).
> >
> > "msenior" wrote:
> >
> > > I've had something strange happen a few days ago with two computers in our
> > > domain. The mapped network drives would appear as "Disconnected", and if I
> > > went into the Computer Name in System Properties, the full computer name
> > > appeared as just the user ID (not User ID.domain), the "Network ID" and
> > > "Change..." buttons were grayed out, and it said at the bottom that
> > > "Networking is not installed or is not properly configured."  If I went into
> > > Services, I would restart the "RPC Locator" and this would resolve the
> > > issues, but only for a few minutes.
> > >
> > > I checked to see if there was an issue with "Client for MS Networks" not
> > > being installed, but that was installed and working.
> > >
> > > Any idea of what could be happening?
> > >
> > > Thanks.

"Sully" wrote:

> Did anyone ever resolve this. We have begun to see this same issue.
> --
> SS
>
>
> "psems" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > We are seeing some similar issues. We are getting the following:
> > "Networking is not installed or is not properly configured"
> >
> > it looks like a large number of services are also crashing.
> >
> > We are running Symantec AV...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
> >
> > "ASchaum" wrote:
> >
> > > I've just had the same thing happen.  2 computers (one laptop with wireless
> > > connection, the other a desktop with ethernet) report the same error, but
> > > have connectivity to internet and Outlook (Exchange 2003 on SBS 2003).  When
> > > I removed the Automatic assignment of network info and put in the IP/Subnet,
> > > etc, I regained my connection to the network as administrator, but
> > > immediately lost it again when logging back in as the employee (who had
> > > administrator level access to the PC, but is just a regular Domain member).
> > >
> > > "msenior" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've had something strange happen a few days ago with two computers in our
> > > > domain. The mapped network drives would appear as "Disconnected", and if I
> > > > went into the Computer Name in System Properties, the full computer name
> > > > appeared as just the user ID (not User ID.domain), the "Network ID" and
> > > > "Change..." buttons were grayed out, and it said at the bottom that
> > > > "Networking is not installed or is not properly configured."  If I went into
> > > > Services, I would restart the "RPC Locator" and this would resolve the
> > > > issues, but only for a few minutes.
> > > >
> > > > I checked to see if there was an issue with "Client for MS Networks" not
> > > > being installed, but that was installed and working.
> > > >
> > > > Any idea of what could be happening?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.