Is the machine in question at a different patch level than the rest? 
Can it ping the smb server?  What does netstat show on the workstation
before, and after, the icon appears?  Is Windows firewalling doing
something on the new machine?

Just throwing some stuff out there, as no one else has replied, yet...
-Erik

On 8/30/05, Sean Roe <sean@azbiz.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am delurking to see if anybody has a clue about this:
> 
> I have a samba server acting as a pdc for my domain and all the
> workstations except on log on fine and work like good little windows boxes
> should.  I just built a new machine and joined it to the domain and that
> all went smoothly, a user can log on to the domain no problem.  but after
> they have logged in and are getting ready to start, an icon in the tray
> comes up and says the fileserver (pdc) is offline even though it isn't.
> This happens to all users who loginto the workstation except
> 'administrator'.  I have tried renaming the workstation, leaving the
> domain and rejoining, deleteing the machine account. I am at my wits end.
> The workstation maintains connectivity to the internet with no problem, so
> I assume the networking is all good, but  I have no idea where to go from
> here. BTW this is a debian 3.1 machine and samba is Version
> 3.0.14a-Debian.  The windows machine is XP SP2
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Sean
> 
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