re: keeping mapped drives connected, how?
Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mike
(241 messages posted)
think i solved my own issue...see below...
Resolution
Refer to Microsoft article 138365 – How Autodisconnect Works in Windows NT and Windows
2000.
Change the default time-out period on the shared network computer. To do this, use
one of the following methods.
Registry Editor
Caution! This fix requires you to edit the registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly
can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
Citrix cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry
Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. Be sure to back up the
registry before you edit it.
Use Registry Editor to increase the default time-out period. To do this, follow these
steps and then quit Registry Editor:
Choose Start > Run, type regedit (Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003) or type regedt32
(Windows NT 4.0), and click OK.
Locate and click the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters
In the right pane, click the autodisconnect value, and from the Edit menu, click
Modify.
If the autodisconnect value does not exist, follow these steps:
From the Edit menu, point to New and click REG_DWORD.
Type autodisconnect and press ENTER.
Click Hexadecimal.
In the Value data box, type ffffffff (8 letter F’s) and click OK.
Note: You cannot use this method to turn off the autodisconnect feature of the Server
service. You can only use this method to change the default time-out period for the
autodisconnect feature.
Command Line
Note: If you use this method, you may turn off the autotuning feature for the Server
service.
To change the default time-out period for the autodisconnect feature of the Server
service, open a command prompt, type the following line, and press ENTER:
net config server /autodisconnect:
Where number is the number of minutes that you want the server to wait before it
disconnects a mapped network drive. The maximum value for this command is 65,535.
Note: If you set the autodisconnect value to 0 (zero), the autodisconnect feature
is not turned off, and the Server service disconnects mapped network drives after
only a few seconds of idle time.
To turn off the autodisconnect feature, open a command prompt, type the following
line, and press ENTER:
net config server /autodisconnect:-1
On Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 11:11 pm, Mike wrote:
>i have an office that has network connections, after some down time on workstations,
>the network drives or mapped drives are not available until we log off and log back
>in. I think there is a fix or tweak for it, can't remember where though to keep
>connections on. Thanks!
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