Basically I have just one folder on a drive on another machine set to have offline files. The problem is that I'll get back on the network the share is on and the PC will still think that machines is unavailable and all its shares (mapped drives specifically)will be offline until I reboot it. Very annoying. This is a laptop btw with 7 ultimate that goes in and out of standby and or hibernate. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Or is there anyway to tell windows "I'm back on the network NOW LET ME IN!!" to restore the connectivity?

Just wanted to say thank you so much! Been having the problems described above for 2 months now and it's been awful trying to work and having to reboot just to be able to access the network shares after a hibernation. Local Policies\Security Options\Network security: LAN Manager authentication level Once again, thanks; offline files are now working as they should! :) // David