Multiple users and dial-up networking

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I use Bigpond ISDN for internet and have multiple users or profiles on my
home computer. I have just reinstalled Windows XP Pro and I'm getting the
following message:

Windows Message
The dial-up networking connection 'Bigpond' is currently active. Would you
like to close this connection?
Yes or No.

On the last reinstall, I managed to get rid of this message, but I can't
remember how I did it and neither can I find any reference to it in Windows
Help.

We like to be able to keep the connection alive while passing from one user
to another seamlessly, without having to answer this question. Unnecessary
questions are not helpful to less than computer savvy family members (my
wife).

Thanks

John
 
Hi John,

Behavior of RAS Connections With the Fast User Switching Feature:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289669

How to Keep RAS Connections Active After Logging Off:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q158909/

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


I use Bigpond ISDN for internet and have multiple users or profiles on my
home computer. I have just reinstalled Windows XP Pro and I'm getting the
following message:

Windows Message
The dial-up networking connection 'Bigpond' is currently active. Would you
like to close this connection?
Yes or No.

On the last reinstall, I managed to get rid of this message, but I can't
remember how I did it and neither can I find any reference to it in Windows
Help.

We like to be able to keep the connection alive while passing from one user
to another seamlessly, without having to answer this question. Unnecessary
questions are not helpful to less than computer savvy family members (my
wife).

Thanks

John
 
Adding a key to registry is a bit dodgy if you don't know what you're doing,
so I added a restore point and backed up the registry. Here goes. I will
now reboot.

Hi John,

Behavior of RAS Connections With the Fast User Switching Feature:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289669

How to Keep RAS Connections Active After Logging Off:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q158909/

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


I use Bigpond ISDN for internet and have multiple users or profiles on my
home computer. I have just reinstalled Windows XP Pro and I'm getting the
following message:

Windows Message
The dial-up networking connection 'Bigpond' is currently active. Would you
like to close this connection?
Yes or No.

On the last reinstall, I managed to get rid of this message, but I can't
remember how I did it and neither can I find any reference to it in Windows
Help.

We like to be able to keep the connection alive while passing from one user
to another seamlessly, without having to answer this question. Unnecessary
questions are not helpful to less than computer savvy family members (my
wife).

Thanks

John
 
Well it seems to be OK. I made a new key called KeepRasConnections under
Winlogon and either there appeared or I made another value (Default), type
REG_SZ with the value of 1. Please let me know if I've done something wrong.

Exporting some of the registry into a text file, it looks like this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\KeepRasConnections]

@="1"

Is that OK?

Thanks

John
 
Hi John,

That's wrong. You need to create a new Value named KeepRasConnections (but you have created a new "key")

---------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"KeepRasConnections"=dword:00000001

---------------------------------------

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Well it seems to be OK. I made a new key called KeepRasConnections under
Winlogon and either there appeared or I made another value (Default), type
REG_SZ with the value of 1. Please let me know if I've done something wrong.

Exporting some of the registry into a text file, it looks like this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\KeepRasConnections]

@="1"

Is that OK?

Thanks

John
 
OK, now I deleted the key from registry and added a Dword value to the Winlogon key and gave it a value of 1. An extract from registry now reads:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

and then quite a few lines of other stuff, probably various types of values and the last one being:

"KeepRasConnections"=dword:00000001

Now that looks more like what you have.

Thanks

John





Hi John,

That's wrong. You need to create a new Value named KeepRasConnections (but you have created a new "key")

---------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"KeepRasConnections"=dword:00000001

---------------------------------------

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Well it seems to be OK. I made a new key called KeepRasConnections under
Winlogon and either there appeared or I made another value (Default), type
REG_SZ with the value of 1. Please let me know if I've done something wrong.

Exporting some of the registry into a text file, it looks like this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\KeepRasConnections]

@="1"

Is that OK?

Thanks

John
 
You're welcome John. Good Luck and keep us posted.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


OK, now I deleted the key from registry and added a Dword value to the Winlogon key and gave it a value of 1. An extract from registry now reads:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

and then quite a few lines of other stuff, probably various types of values and the last one being:

"KeepRasConnections"=dword:00000001

Now that looks more like what you have.

Thanks

John





Hi John,

That's wrong. You need to create a new Value named KeepRasConnections (but you have created a new "key")
 
Thanks

I fixed this a few days ago and it's working fine.

Hi John,

That's wrong. You need to create a new Value named KeepRasConnections (but
you have created a new "key")

---------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"KeepRasConnections"=dword:00000001

---------------------------------------

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Well it seems to be OK. I made a new key called KeepRasConnections under
Winlogon and either there appeared or I made another value (Default), type
REG_SZ with the value of 1. Please let me know if I've done something wrong.

Exporting some of the registry into a text file, it looks like this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\KeepRasConnections]

@="1"

Is that OK?

Thanks

John
 
You're welcome, Spider.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Thanks

I fixed this a few days ago and it's working fine.

Hi John,

That's wrong. You need to create a new Value named KeepRasConnections (but
you have created a new "key")
 

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