Sorry for the late reply, Stan.
I suggest reinstalling Live Mesh on the machines that are experiencing the issue. You may also wish to pursue a different remote solution since the Live Sync/Mesh beta next version won't support XP.
It should not matter if you log off or simply lose the connection. You should be able to reconnect unless something is getting hung up on the remote PC.
-steve
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