Windows XP Pro, network time-outs

[Guest]

Hello everyone,
I'm sure this has been asked and answered, but I wasn't able to find the
answer.
Scenario: Windows XP Pro networked to another WIndows XP Pro or higher.
Computers are left on.
I work for a software company that has a DOS software package. Some of our
clients' network connections look like they're timing out or sleeping. The
result is a "can't find working folder" error. If we go into My Computer and
double-click on that drive letter, it opens the mapped drive. It also allows
the DOS program to access the data on the server.
This problem has been popping up quite a bit recently. Does anyone have any
ideas as to why? Is there a setting we need to look at in Windows?

Thanks

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

this may help. quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net
Why some mapped network drives show a red x

SYMPTOMS: You find that the network drive mapping may be disconnected after
15 minutes of inactivity and Windows Explorer may display a red "X" on the
icon of the mapped drive. However, if you double-click it reconnects
quickly.

RESOLUTION: by default, idle connections will be dropped after 15 minutes.
To modify idle time, at a command prompt using net config server
/autodisconnect: minutes. For example, to set the Autodisconnect value to
30 minutes, you would run the following command line: net config server
/autodisconnect:30. If you would like to turn Autodisconnect off, do net
config server /autodisconnect:-1.


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