Modifying LAN Based Auto-disconnect Time-Out

By | 2008-03-29

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

  1. Open your registry and find the key below.
  2. Modify the value of ‘Autodisconnect’ to equal the time in minutes before a session is disconnected. If this value doesn’t alreday exist create a new string value.
  3. Restart Windows NT.

Note: To disable Autodisconnects set the value to ‘Oxffffffff

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

Author: dwirch

Derek Wirch is a seasoned IT professional with an impressive career dating back to 1986. He brings a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience that is invaluable to those embarking on their journey in the tech industry.

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