When a user with for an example a laptop that has a mapped drive, connects to
a network that does not include this mapped drive connection. Then this will
cause a slowdown in the system. Desktop kan freeze, and it can take up to 2
minutes before the computer can be fully usable.

I wonder if it exist some kind of setting to reduce this problem. The most
helpful would be some kind of configuration that could change the "timeout"
value down to a minimum.

Is this possible?

Ole Joergen wrote:

Do the drives really need to be mapped? Often third-party niche
(industry-specific) programs require mapped drives to work, but
otherwise you should just use shortcuts to server resources instead of
mapping drives on mobile workstations.

Malke

Show quote Hide quote Yes, mapped drives are required. And most of our clients use
industry-specific applications.

Ole Joergen wrote:

I Googled for "change timeout value mapped drives" and got quite a few
links that look useful:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=change+timeout+value+mapped+drives&btnG=Google+Search

Sorry I don't directly have the answer for you.

Malke

Show quote Hide quote I have googled that before. And it is not the same problem i have. But we
dont fully understand what is causing this slowdown, or if it is tweakable.
But there is always hope :)
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Ole Joergen wrote:

Yes, there is always hope. :-)

You might want to add a crossposting to the server groups. Here's a list
of all the MS newsgroups:

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

Sysadmins who take care of huge networks routinely post there and I'm
sure your issue has been addressed before. Another avenue is if you
have a TechNet subscription you get two free support incidents. I've
also bitten the bullet and called paid MS server-level support and been
extremely impressed and satisfied. It cost me around $250 but I
considered it a well-spent cost of doing business in that particular
case.

One other thing I'd suggest - with all due respect, you should include
more detail in your post to the server groups (or add to this thread).
There isn't any way to tell from what you first wrote whether you're a
tiny office with 6 computers that were set up by someone who sort of
knew what he was doing and liked the idea of mapped drives (hence my
first answer to you) or you're an IT company servicing some really big
organizations. The details might help someone give you the answer.

Again, I'm sorry that I wasn't able to help you and wish you good luck
in your endeavor.

Malke

I might have formulated myself a bit diffuse. But now i am refering to this
article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/321126/


What i wonder about is: Is it possible to solve this problem just by finding
some settngs in windows and reduce the "Timeout" value

Nope.

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