Thx for the help, it looks like the autodisconnect option worked. I have stayed connected for three days without a problem so that's a good sign. Andy McGregor -----Original Message----- From: mswindowsxp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mswindowsxp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 9:46 AM To: mswindowsxp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mswindowsxp] Re: dropping network shares and printers Turn off autodisconnect... From a dos prompt: net config server /autodisconnect:-1 Joe -----Original Message----- From: Andy McGregor [mailto:amcgregor@xxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 11:25 AM To: MSWINDOWSXP@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mswindowsxp] dropping network shares and printers I have a win2000 domain (active directory) server and i connect with an XP Pro workstation. I REGULARLY lose my network shares and printers necessitating a reboot to get them back. I can still ping all workstations when I lose them so the physical connection is there. Any suggestions as to why I lose them?=20 =20 Andy McGregor =20 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/winxplist.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/winxplist.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/winxplist.cfm