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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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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bit off topic, but have a win2000 netwrked to a vista at home. Set up file sharing...went to watch a video file , file was recognized, but VLC,REAL, &WinMedPlyr couldn't play the file, probelm with streaming/codec. Do I need to map a drive to be able to watch videos resident on the vista machine, on the win2000 machine???


On Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 11:20 pm, Mike wrote:
>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
>
>
>
>

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