In Windows XP, there was a way that a RAS connection could be kept up by adding the KeepRasConnections key. I tried it on Windows XP and it worked perfectly. As per document KB950918, this should work for Windows 7. I tried that on Windows 7, but that did not work. Am I missing anything?

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Hi, Like EvenWin replied, please go to Device Manager---Network adapters, right click your network card and click “properties”, go to Power Management tab and remove the option “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power” In addition, not all KB work on Windows Vista will still work on Windows 7. Thank you for your understanding. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

This is not what I am asking for this. Essentially, I am trying to keep the a RAS connection on even after logoff. There was a key in Windows XP that you could edit to make this work, but does not work in Windows 7. I tried the recommendation KB950918, but that did not work. This is does not have anything to do with sleep mode.

Hi, You need not to use this KB, because Windows 7 have already installed this hotfix, the value of registry key “KeepRasConnections” exist and set to 0 by default. Please kindly give me about more information about your workaround and what problem you have met. Thank you for your cooperation. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

I don't have a work around. I have tried that key, but it does not seem to work. Do you know of a way of making this work.

Hi, You can try to change the default value 0 to 0x1. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, Did your issue solved? Please feel free to give me any update. Thanks. Regards, Leo Huang TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

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this issue has not been resolved. I have tested the KeepRasConnections under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasMan\Parameters. That key was set to 0x1