Loosing Connection To Network Drives

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We recently installed a new Windows 2003 server at a
location that already had an existing Windows 2000 server.
They are configured on 2 separate domains due to the new
server running Exchange 2003. All workstations have been
reloaded with Windows 2000 Professional. After a period of
inactivity on a workstation the network mapped drives will
show up under my computer with a X indicating they lost
connectivity. You click on the drive and it immediaitly re
attaches and works fine. This is happening on al
workstations. I was wondering if there is a setting that
causes the mapped drives to disconnect after a period of
inativity, either on the servers or on the workstations.
 
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Why some mapped network drives show a red x

SYMPTOMS: You find that the network drive mapping may be disconnected after
15 minutes of inactivity and Windows Explorer may display a red "X" on the
icon of the mapped drive. However, if you double-click it reconnects
quickly.

RESOLUTION: by default, idle connections will be dropped after 15 minutes.
To modify idle time, at a command prompt using net config server
/autodisconnect: minutes. For example, to set the Autodisconnect value to
30 minutes, you would run the following command line: net config server
/autodisconnect:30. If you would like to turn Autodisconnect off, do net
config server /autodisconnect:-1.
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