Windows 7 has it's good and it's bad and one thing that is fustrating is when you are already on a network and Window then refuses to recognize it. For those user's with this constant network connection problems were drivers are no longer accessible, try this.
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Fixed it. I fixed it by uninstalling the "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" on the network adaptor, reinstalling it and then restarting the computer. After the re-start things are now back to normal.
To uninstall the "File and Printer sharing for microsoft networks" in windows 7/Server 2008:
- Go to Network and Sharing Center from the control panel.
- Click change adaptor settings on the left hand side.
- Right click the network adaptor (if you have more than one you may need to do this on all of them).
- Select "Properties" from the list.
- In the "This connection uses the following items:" select "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks".
- Click the "Uninstall" button.
- Click "Yes" when the conformation box appears and wait for it to uninstall ("File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" will disappear from the "This connection uses the following items:" box once uninstalled).
- Click the "Install" button.
- Select "Service" from the "Click the type of network feature you want to install:" box.
- Select "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" from the "Network Service" box.
- Click "OK" and it should install in less than a few seconds ("File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" will reappear in the "This connection uses the following items:" box once installed).
- Restart the computer and the problem should be fixed.
