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Originally Posted by Midvale
Have your IP addresses changed?
Most routers use Dynamic IP addressing and sometimes assign new IP addresses when items are powered off and on. I have this problem when streaming video to my Roku box from my laptop. Once in a while the server IP address changes and I need to reenter the new one. Sometimes it's fine for months, then it changes.
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Actually, changing IP addresses should not matter since I was using the computer name to resolve the addresses.
Like I said it has been four or five years - actually it has been eight years. I have changed machines and routers so there were IP addresses changes along the way. I did a google search and they said to switch from the computer name to the IP address. I changed the name from \\user-pc\$billdoc to \\10.0.0.4\$billdoc and everything is now working. NOW I will have a problem if the IP address changes! Not sure what changed. Probably a windows update. I am not going to pursue it here. I will try the Windows forum. I am sure I will not get a definitive answer. But I will try.
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