WideFS & AVG internet Security

[Jonahbird]

For some years, I have been successfully using WideFS (included with my FSUIPC4 licence) with AVG Free on my 'flying' PC and McAfee on my general PC. This is to enable use of FSCommander on my general PC.

A few days ago, my McAfee licence expired and I decided to switch to the full version of AVG on both machines. Now I cannot get WideFS to work. Has anyone else experienced this? I did not install AVG's firewall, as I use a Netgear router. Windows firewall is on, as it always has been. I have excluded WideClient.exe and WideServer.dll in AVG's Resident Shield options.

Any other suggestions, please?

Frank

[Jonahbird]

OK - I've solved it. It is the client PC's LAN status. It does not retain its setting. I don't know why that is yet, and until I solve that I will have to re-set whenever I want to use WideFS.

[Pete Dowson]

OK - I've solved it. It is the client PC's LAN status. It does not retain its setting. I don't know why that is yet, and until I solve that I will have to re-set whenever I want to use WideFS.

What's a "LAN status" and how do you reset it?

Pete

[Jonahbird]

Hi Pete

I hope you had a good holiday. LAN stands for Local Area Network, so I should perhaps have referred to 'Local Area Connection' (LAC).

I use Vista32 on this machine and in the 'Network & Sharing Center' you can select 'View Status' of the LAC. This takes you to 'Windows Network Diagnostic'. Click on 'Diagnose' and you get 2 options. One is 'Reset the network adapter for Local Area Connection'. This corrects my problem. It shouldn't be necessary to do that, and I don't know why it is happening - yet!

I do know that WideFS is not at fault. It worked fine before I chose to switch anti-virus protection from McAfee to AVG Internet Security (the full version of AVG free).

Best regards

Frank

[Pete Dowson]

LAN stands for Local Area Network

Of course I know that. ;-)

I use Vista32 on this machine and in the 'Network & Sharing Center' you can select 'View Status' of the LAC.

Oh, you just mean the Dialogue which comes up when you select "status". I thought there was some number or status name you were referring to. Whoops! ;-)

This takes you to 'Windows Network Diagnostic'. Click on 'Diagnose' and you get 2 options. One is 'Reset the network adapter for Local Area Connection'. This corrects my problem. It shouldn't be necessary to do that, and I don't know why it is happening - yet!

So somehow the adapter is hanging or going wrong?

I do know that WideFS is not at fault. It worked fine before I chose to switch anti-virus protection from McAfee to AVG Internet Security (the full version of AVG free).

Hmmm. I'm still using AVG Free. I wonder how the full version can clobber the LAN Adapter making it need a reset? You wouldn't think it would touch it?

Regards

Pete

[Jonahbird]

I wonder how the full version can clobber the LAN Adapter making it need a reset? You wouldn't think it would touch it?

I'll post an answer - if I ever find out.

Best regards

Frank

[Jonahbird]

Problem solved. Goto Local Area Connection Status via Network & Sharing Center. Click on Properties and then highlight 'File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks' Then - Uninstall; OK; Install. Job done :D