Re: Can't get good connections from Windows XP to Sbs 2003

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Answers are as follows:
1. Look at KB 297684. It fixed my problem on Windows 2000 servers.
2. I added KeepConn in Registry- it took about 20 minutes for the
connection to the Windwos 2003 server to disconnect
3. RestoreConnection is not in registry
4. No group policy of logon scripts used.
5. Not a compaq machine in my house
6. No Cisco products
7. AntiVirus is Avast, firewall is zonealarms both free version.










On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:30:46 GMT, v-yanniw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
("Jenny wu [MSFT]") wrote:

>Hi David,
>
>Thank you for posting!
>
>According to your post, I understand that the mapped network drives are not
>displayed sometimes. If I am off base, please don't hesitate to let me know.
>
>Based on my experience, the disconnecting can be caused by the clients or
>the servers. Please refer to the following steps to solve the issue
>respectively:
>
>Step 1: On the servers which are sharing folders (This behavior occurs if
>the network share computer runs Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or
>Windows Server 2003.)
>--------------------------------------------------
>There is a KB article - KB297684 which describes this issue. Please visit
>the following Microsoft Web site:
>
>Mapped Drive Connection to Network Share May Be Lost
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684
>
>For your description, I know you have applied it on the server box. Please
>check the following suggestions to see if the issue can be resolved:
>
>Step 2: On the clients with mapped drivers (Windows XP)
>-------------------------------------------------------
>1. You can try this registry setting:
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstation\param
>eters
>
>Name = KeepConn
>Type = REG_DWORD
>Value = ffff
>
>2. Also, make sure the customer does NOT have this registry setting:
>
>HKLM\SYSTEM\CCS\Control\Networkprovider\RestoreConnection=1 (default = 0)
>
>This makes the system to disable restoring the network connections.
>
>How about the result?
>
>Steps 3: Using group policy to apply logon scripts:
>
>If the problem occurs after the computer starts up on Windows 2000/XP
>workstations and you are using the logon script to map the drive, please
>refer to the following steps to configure the Group policy for logon
>scripts:
>
>1) Start the Group Policy Editor (either locally or for a domain GPO
>whichever is appropriate)
>2) Go to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Scripts
>3) Double click on "Run logon scripts synchronously"
>4) Select the "Enabled" radio button
>5) Press Ok.
>
>How about the result?
>
>Step 4: Some third-party software may cause the disconnecting
>---------------------------------------------------------
>1. Compaq management utilities on the server have been known to cause the
>issue on clients. Please review KB305355:
>
>Some Compaq Programs Cause Mapped Drives to Be Disconnected
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305355
>
>2. There are some antivirus or firewall utilities on the clients have been
>known to cause disconnecting. No specific packages can be identified, but
>try removing them all to see if the problem goes away.
>
>3. Some Cisco related software, such as the Cisco VPN Client may cause this
>issue. If such software is installed on the Windows XP, please temporary
>uninstall them for a test.
>
>Hope this helps! Please try the suggestions above and let me know the
>result. I am happy to be further assistance and look forward to hearing
>from you.
>
>Have a nice day!
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Jenny Wu
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>>From: David Sherman <xxxdshermin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: Can't get good connections from Windows XP to Sbs 2003
>>Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:21:51 -0400
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>>A Windows XP service pack 2 loses the connection to a Windows 2003
>>Small Business Server but the Windows 2003 SBS doesn't lose the
>>connection to the XP machine. There appears to be a timeout problem
>>with Windows 2000 server. I applied that registry setting to the SBS
>>server and fixed that. Windows 2000 had a 15 minute timeout problem.
>>Under Windows XP, here is the problem:
>>
>>http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Microsoft_Network/Q_21274064.htm
>l
>>
>>Solution was:
>>
>>(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
>>
>>Autodisconnect REG_DWORD 0xffffffff (4294967295)
>>
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanS...
>>
>>
>>
>>Registry Settings
>>
>>System Key:
>>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\
>>
>>Parameters]
>>
>>Value Name: Autodisconnect
>>
>>Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
>>
>>Value Data: 0 to 4,294,967,295 (0xffffffff) in minutes
>>
>>It has failed.
>>
>>It the same light, auto reconnect doesn't work on boot.
>>
>>
>>How do I get and maontain connections?
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>

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