Change LAN Auto-disconnect Timeout (Windows NT/2000/XP)

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Change LAN Auto-disconnect Timeout (Windows NT/2000/XP)
Category: Home > Network > Servers

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Windows can be configured to automatically disconnect idle LAN sessions are a set number of minutes.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Modify the value, or create a new string value, called 'Autodisconnect' and set it to equal the time in minutes before a session is disconnected.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Note: Set the value to 0xffffffff to disable the disconnection function.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
Autodisconnect	REG_DWORD	0xffffffff (4294967295)


	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parame...

Settings:

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\
Parameters]
Name: Autodisconnect
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: 0 to 4,294,967,295 (0xffffffff) in minutes

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: April 4, 2002

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