>>Question from an OS and network dummy:
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>>In an Ethernet LAN we have some Win2k Pro machines which are using shared volumes from each other. Now, after a certain time of not using a shared volume on another machine, I will loose the connection to that volume - the drive icon in the Explorer will show a red cross. Applications using files on the shared volume will show error messages. Clicking the drive in Explorer will re-establish the connection, while a Win98 machine in the same LAN has to be rebooted to find the shared volume again.
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>>Who or what makes this happen? Is there a way to keep the connection established all the time?
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>>Thank you for any advice...
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>>Robert
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>I posed a similar question in Thread #479316.
>Last week I brought this up at our users group (www.elzorro.net) meeting. Gail Brown suggested using the UNC name (\\ServerName\ShareName\...). I changed several shortcuts to this instead of the mapped drive letter and - so far so good. I haven't changed my programs yet, but it looks hopeful.
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>Let me know if this helps.
>Denis Schuette
>McElhaney Cattle Co.

Sorry, that's www.elzorro.org

Denis