1001 Secrets for Windows NT Registry
(Publisher: 29th Street Press)
Author(s): Tim Daniels
ISBN: 1882419685
Publication Date: 12/01/97

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I-293 Are your users leaving open connections to the server and using up resources you don’t have? To disconnect idle users after a certain length of time, change this registry entry.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\ Parameters
Value Name: AutoDisconnect
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 15

Valid numbers are from 0 to 0xFFFFFFF in minutes. The default is 15 minutes. Restart your machine for these values to take effect.

I-294 If you have lots of servers on your network and your users get confused, use this registry entry to specify a comment that is displayed with the server name.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters
Value Name: Srvcomment
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: <new message>

The default is no message. Restart the computer for this change to take effect.

I-295 Are you tired of slow connections making you wait to access your roaming profiles? Do you want to speed things up? These registry entries let you set the time NT waits before timing out and letting you use a local profile.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Value Name: SlowLinkDetectEnabled
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

I-296 Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Value Name SlowLinkTimeOut
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 2000

If SlowLinkDetectEnabled is set to 1, the value in SlowLinkTimeOut determines how long in milliseconds until users are prompted to choose between Local or Server-based profiles. The default value is 2000 milliseconds.

I-297 To keep your server from showing up in the Network Neighborhood listings, change this registry entry.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\ Parameters
Value Name: Hidden
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value: 1

The default is 0. Restart the computer for this change to take effect.

I-298 You must also have the following registry entry set to 1 for the Hidden and Srvcomment value to be active.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\ Parameters
Value Name: Lmannounce
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

The default is 0. Restart the computer for this change to take effect.

I-299 Are some of your Word for Windows clients that are running IPX having problems connecting to your Windows NT server? Try adding this registry parameter.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\ Parameters
Value Name: EnableWFW311DirectIpx
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: True

The default value is False. Restart the computer for this change to take effect.

I-300 If you have older clients running direct-hosted IPX, you may want to add this registry value. It governs how long a client can be idle before it is disconnected, even if it has open files or pipes.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\ Parameters
Value Name: ConnectionlessAutoDisc
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 15

Valid entries, in minutes, are 15 to infinity; the default value is 15. Restart the computer for this change to take effect.

I-301 Do you want the server to let you know when the total percentage of network errors is greater than a certain value? This registry entry lets you specify a threshold and force the server to send an alert message that the threshold is exceeded.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\ Parameters
Value Name: NetworkErrorThreshold
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 5

Valid entries are 1 to 100 percent. The default value is 5. Restart machine for this value to take effect.


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