Just in case anyone else has this issue:

I followed all the advice I could find but it was all the same, i.e. Change
LMCompatibiltyLevel to 1 in the Registry... Still no luck connecting from
Vista to a NAS (Terastation), however all was fine from an XP MCE PC to the
NAS.

A bit of further investigation confirmed that (for some unknown reason) the
Laptop has been pre-configured so that the RPC Locator was blank.

Not sure why it was like this, but the Wireless card on my DELL XPSM1710 was
pre-configured like this. I set it to "Windows Locator".

e.g. Select Manage Network Connections, select the properties of your
network card, then Microsoft CLient Properties, then change the RPC Service
provider.

Hope that helps anyone else that may have this problem, because it was
really winding me up for a few days, until I could find some time to look
into it more (when the kids went to bed :-)).

Regards,
Paul
P.S. I've just checked the RPC service again and it's gone blank! After
typing this posting too! Ahh well, the NAS still works OK! Surely, that must
have been the problem?!

"Paul Coe" <Paul [email]Coe@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
news:C2199A2F-E7E1-4880-B873-C8F2FE4824F7@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Just in case anyone else has this issue:
>
> I followed all the advice I could find but it was all the same, i.e.
> Change
> LMCompatibiltyLevel to 1 in the Registry... Still no luck connecting from
> Vista to a NAS (Terastation), however all was fine from an XP MCE PC to
> the
> NAS.
>
> A bit of further investigation confirmed that (for some unknown reason)
> the
> Laptop has been pre-configured so that the RPC Locator was blank.
>
> Not sure why it was like this, but the Wireless card on my DELL XPSM1710
> was
> pre-configured like this. I set it to "Windows Locator".
>
> e.g. Select Manage Network Connections, select the properties of your
> network card, then Microsoft CLient Properties, then change the RPC
> Service
> provider.
>
> Hope that helps anyone else that may have this problem, because it was
> really winding me up for a few days, until I could find some time to look
> into it more (when the kids went to bed :-)).
>
> Regards,
> Paul
> P.S. I've just checked the RPC service again and it's gone blank! After
> typing this posting too! Ahh well, the NAS still works OK! Surely, that
> must
> have been the problem?![/color]

Just out of curiosity, what was the original issue you had with the
Terastation and Vista?

Art

Art,

TBH the Dell XPSM1710 isn't quite ready for Vista as the driver support
isn't quite there. Well not in the bas build anyway, I'm yet to check their
site for updates... I've had several issues, but overall Im still happy with
Vista..

The main issue with the Terastation was that I could not authenticate to the
device from Vista, but I could from several XP PC's in the same workgroup
(and Im still having the same issue despite my orignal posting).

It seems that whenever I re-select "Windows Locator" and give it the big OK,
it works until I reboot (and maybe suspend), but then it goes back to it's
weird default 'blank' and I can't connect to the NAS again.

It's a bit frustrating. I'll see if I can find anything on Dells site, if
not I'll raise a call with them.

Regards
Paul

"Art" wrote:
[color=blue]
> "Paul Coe" <Paul [email]Coe@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
> news:C2199A2F-E7E1-4880-B873-C8F2FE4824F7@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Just in case anyone else has this issue:
> >
> > I followed all the advice I could find but it was all the same, i.e.
> > Change
> > LMCompatibiltyLevel to 1 in the Registry... Still no luck connecting from
> > Vista to a NAS (Terastation), however all was fine from an XP MCE PC to
> > the
> > NAS.
> >
> > A bit of further investigation confirmed that (for some unknown reason)
> > the
> > Laptop has been pre-configured so that the RPC Locator was blank.
> >
> > Not sure why it was like this, but the Wireless card on my DELL XPSM1710
> > was
> > pre-configured like this. I set it to "Windows Locator".
> >
> > e.g. Select Manage Network Connections, select the properties of your
> > network card, then Microsoft CLient Properties, then change the RPC
> > Service
> > provider.
> >
> > Hope that helps anyone else that may have this problem, because it was
> > really winding me up for a few days, until I could find some time to look
> > into it more (when the kids went to bed :-)).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Paul
> > P.S. I've just checked the RPC service again and it's gone blank! After
> > typing this posting too! Ahh well, the NAS still works OK! Surely, that
> > must
> > have been the problem?![/color]
>
> Just out of curiosity, what was the original issue you had with the
> Terastation and Vista?
>
> Art
>[/color]

Did anyone get a solution to this? I have the same problem connecting to a
file server on my network. Coincidentally, I am also using a Dell (e520).
The "Windows Locator" setting will simply not stay selected.

I spent an hour chatting with Dell who said that Vista does not support
"Microsoft Locator" - same thing? Extremely frustrating.



"Paul Coe" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Art,
>
> TBH the Dell XPSM1710 isn't quite ready for Vista as the driver support
> isn't quite there. Well not in the bas build anyway, I'm yet to check their
> site for updates... I've had several issues, but overall Im still happy with
> Vista..
>
> The main issue with the Terastation was that I could not authenticate to the
> device from Vista, but I could from several XP PC's in the same workgroup
> (and Im still having the same issue despite my orignal posting).
>
> It seems that whenever I re-select "Windows Locator" and give it the big OK,
> it works until I reboot (and maybe suspend), but then it goes back to it's
> weird default 'blank' and I can't connect to the NAS again.
>
> It's a bit frustrating. I'll see if I can find anything on Dells site, if
> not I'll raise a call with them.
>
> Regards
> Paul
>
> "Art" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > "Paul Coe" <Paul [email]Coe@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
> > news:C2199A2F-E7E1-4880-B873-C8F2FE4824F7@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> > > Just in case anyone else has this issue:
> > >
> > > I followed all the advice I could find but it was all the same, i.e.
> > > Change
> > > LMCompatibiltyLevel to 1 in the Registry... Still no luck connecting from
> > > Vista to a NAS (Terastation), however all was fine from an XP MCE PC to
> > > the
> > > NAS.
> > >
> > > A bit of further investigation confirmed that (for some unknown reason)
> > > the
> > > Laptop has been pre-configured so that the RPC Locator was blank.
> > >
> > > Not sure why it was like this, but the Wireless card on my DELL XPSM1710
> > > was
> > > pre-configured like this. I set it to "Windows Locator".
> > >
> > > e.g. Select Manage Network Connections, select the properties of your
> > > network card, then Microsoft CLient Properties, then change the RPC
> > > Service
> > > provider.
> > >
> > > Hope that helps anyone else that may have this problem, because it was
> > > really winding me up for a few days, until I could find some time to look
> > > into it more (when the kids went to bed :-)).
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Paul
> > > P.S. I've just checked the RPC service again and it's gone blank! After
> > > typing this posting too! Ahh well, the NAS still works OK! Surely, that
> > > must
> > > have been the problem?![/color]
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, what was the original issue you had with the
> > Terastation and Vista?
> >
> > Art
> >[/color][/color]

Unfortunately not.. I'm not impressed by Dells decision to use the Vista
Upgrade on the XPSM1710 as it has resulted in lots of frustration. I'll be
contacting Dell support soon to request XP.

Paul

"czpdx" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Did anyone get a solution to this? I have the same problem connecting to a
> file server on my network. Coincidentally, I am also using a Dell (e520).
> The "Windows Locator" setting will simply not stay selected.
>
> I spent an hour chatting with Dell who said that Vista does not support
> "Microsoft Locator" - same thing? Extremely frustrating.
>
>
>
> "Paul Coe" wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Art,
> >
> > TBH the Dell XPSM1710 isn't quite ready for Vista as the driver support
> > isn't quite there. Well not in the bas build anyway, I'm yet to check their
> > site for updates... I've had several issues, but overall Im still happy with
> > Vista..
> >
> > The main issue with the Terastation was that I could not authenticate to the
> > device from Vista, but I could from several XP PC's in the same workgroup
> > (and Im still having the same issue despite my orignal posting).
> >
> > It seems that whenever I re-select "Windows Locator" and give it the big OK,
> > it works until I reboot (and maybe suspend), but then it goes back to it's
> > weird default 'blank' and I can't connect to the NAS again.
> >
> > It's a bit frustrating. I'll see if I can find anything on Dells site, if
> > not I'll raise a call with them.
> >
> > Regards
> > Paul
> >
> > "Art" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > "Paul Coe" <Paul [email]Coe@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
> > > news:C2199A2F-E7E1-4880-B873-C8F2FE4824F7@microsoft.com...
> > > > Just in case anyone else has this issue:
> > > >
> > > > I followed all the advice I could find but it was all the same, i.e.
> > > > Change
> > > > LMCompatibiltyLevel to 1 in the Registry... Still no luck connecting from
> > > > Vista to a NAS (Terastation), however all was fine from an XP MCE PC to
> > > > the
> > > > NAS.
> > > >
> > > > A bit of further investigation confirmed that (for some unknown reason)
> > > > the
> > > > Laptop has been pre-configured so that the RPC Locator was blank.
> > > >
> > > > Not sure why it was like this, but the Wireless card on my DELL XPSM1710
> > > > was
> > > > pre-configured like this. I set it to "Windows Locator".
> > > >
> > > > e.g. Select Manage Network Connections, select the properties of your
> > > > network card, then Microsoft CLient Properties, then change the RPC
> > > > Service
> > > > provider.
> > > >
> > > > Hope that helps anyone else that may have this problem, because it was
> > > > really winding me up for a few days, until I could find some time to look
> > > > into it more (when the kids went to bed :-)).
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Paul
> > > > P.S. I've just checked the RPC service again and it's gone blank! After
> > > > typing this posting too! Ahh well, the NAS still works OK! Surely, that
> > > > must
> > > > have been the problem?!
> > >
> > > Just out of curiosity, what was the original issue you had with the
> > > Terastation and Vista?
> > >
> > > Art
> > >[/color][/color][/color]