Win 7 and 2003 Server Shares
hello, I have a problem with mapped drives on our Windows 7 PCs. The drive mappings to shares on a Windows Server 2003 map and work fine until the drives are not used for X amount of time. I have not been able to notice how long. Once some time passes the drive mapping under My Computer gets a red X on it. There seems to be no way of waking up the drive except a reboot of the PC. I can't even browse to the unc path. At first I thought it might be a sleep/power saver mode on the PC but I have disabled that. I seem to remember long ago, I think in XP but maybe before, this happned and there was a registry change to prevent the mapped drives from disconecting after a certain time. Anyone have an idea or seen this? Thank you
September 15th, 2010 1:26pm

I think this may be the fix, and sounds like what the fix was for earlier Windows versions if I remember correctly. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684/en-us I will post tomorrow on whether it worked or not.
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September 16th, 2010 1:25pm

The above KB is applied to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003. Please have a try. Best Regards Dale QiaoPlease 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.
September 16th, 2010 11:09pm

Looks like the info the the above kb article fixes the issue. Thank you
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September 17th, 2010 9:24am

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