Windows XP Minor Network Connectivity Issues - please help

On my Windows XP system, I am experiencing the following problem, and
this also has occasionally happened on another system, but I'm not
able to track down the cause.

On a fresh bootup, my network drives connect just fine. However, if I
launch an application that relies on a network file, such as my
contact management software, it initially tells me it can't find the
file (*the specifics are below). If I go to Windows Explorer and just
open the network drive once, I can then close it and open the network
software and it launches fine, doesn't prompt me for the file.
Basically it is as though the network connection is there, but not
seen by software until I browse the network drive.

Occasionally, also, any shortcuts that I have on the Desktop and in
Quick Launch toolbar will show a default 'lack of icon icon' the
little square that basically just looks like a small window. For the
desktop if I repeatedly refresh it eventually picks them up. For the
Quicklaunch I almost always have to go into the shortcut, and select
"change icon" just accept the one that's there and hit Ok.

Now, here are the two suspects I have that could be causing these
problems:

Kerio Personal Firewall
Windows XP SP2

I cannot think of anything that would do this, however. I have all the
permissions allowed in KPF for any Windows components, full access to
the LAN and even Internet. As for Windows XP's "security center" I
have the firewall shut off, and deselected from all network devices.

Any advice or ideas would be appreciated, thanks.

[*]Specifics of the aforementioned software:
I am using Goldmine 5.7.
The prompt I receive is for the Borland Database Engine. I have a
local install, which, if you know GM, is not actually the whole
program, but enough to run the executables locally. My database and
the BDE are on the network drive. This is a typical prompt that GM
will ask for the BDE if it cannot make the network connection to the
files.


[**]Other system info:
Pentium 4 with HT CPU "Northwood"
1 GB RAM
Intel D865PERL motherboard



---Atreju---

 

Disable both firewalls temporarily and try again.