I guess I found out the problem. Apparently all my terminals (win 7, vista, and xp) communicate with the base computer (win 7 pro) seemlessly. They save their network setting, and get through with admin privelege to the data base they were originally linked with.
The glitch is in the one Vista computer that apparently has problem saving its setting upon shutting down. It goes in this quasi-sleep mode that can not be woke up without a hard boot (unplugging and plugging). So it really never goes off.
So all of the settings on the network goes haywire, unless you either have no password requirement on the server. Or that the server and the computer has the SAME name and SAME password - then it connects fine. Apparently, AC link up to the right computer and right database, but can not save the password, and has to relink each time.
Temporarily, I have to give this computer the same username and same password as my main computer (which is not a good idea). Until I find out what is holding it up... Whether it is a windows update or a bad driver somewhere. My gut feeling is that it is a bad windows update. I really hate these updates (as there are over 100 of them since Vista was first built for this computer in 2006).
I hate windows.... Hopefully windows 7 is an improvement. I find Xp to be more stable than vista. Of the 2 vista computer we have, they can't go to sleep, can not be woken up, and they do not link well to the printer and lose their driver and settings all the time.
