maybe you can alleviate this by having some initialize down/up code in your startup code before 'network'.
]]>The only solution seems to be to turn-off the computer and truly power it down (unplug it). Once I've done that everything seems to work again without any trouble. I believe it must be the ethernet since this didn't happen with my old computer using exactly the same ethernet ADSL modem.
Since I don't use windows often it's not a big problem for me, but it is an annoyance. Does anyone know what might be causing this?
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