Win XP Lockout

[ravsoin]

hi there i need urgent assistance with my windows xp laptop service pack 1.
Im on a domain and connect to a particular server that has all my files. The server is NT 4 while im workin on my files and tend to save i fet the error message

Cannot connect to E:\
which is my mapped drive to the folder.

When i log off and back in it restores my connection.

COuld someone please help me with this problem

Thanx a million in advance

[KHT]

There are 2 reg settings that I am aware of that may be causing the disconnect. Both have to be done at the server.

I`ve never used this one but run regedit and go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters] create a DWORD value called DISK and set the value to 15. If there is already a DWORD value called DISK then make the adjustment.

This one I did use and it worked with a similar situation. Run regedit, go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters] modify the DWORD value autodisconnect to ffffffff. (hexidecimal) This gives it 4294967295 minutes until it autodisconnects. (basically disabling it) Ifthe value does not exist create it. It worked great for me.

[ravsoin]

thanx for the quick reply. the stress is will it be safe as this is the registry we are talking about

[KHT]

I`ve posted these reg hacks as they *might* be what is causing the problem. The setting I used solved a very similar problem I encountered.

In my experience, and I`ve been in and out of the registry quite a bit, either of these should not cause any problems as far as your server is concerned.