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Max "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:

> I have a wireless home network set up with Windows XP Pro (SP3) and a
> few computers. When I wish to transfer some files to, say, my laptop,
I
> click the laptop's mapped drive letter on my desktop, enter a
respective
> password, and I'm connected to the laptop. When I'm finished, I would
> like to close that connection to the laptop.
>
> From what I've read thus far, if I click the Disconnect Network Drive
> option in Windows Explorer, I will indeed close the connection but I
> will also remove that drive letter from the mapped drives. I don't
know
> if I'm misunderstanding that but I don't want to remove the drive
letter
> or mapping from the mappings, I just want to close the connection to
it.
>
> Is there a way to do this without removing the drive letter from the
> mappings, or am I misunderstanding what I've read?
>
> Thanx and Happy New Year!
>

For what reason do you want to "close the connection"?

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John Holmes wrote:
> Max "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:
>
>> I have a wireless home network set up with Windows XP Pro (SP3) and a
>> few computers. When I wish to transfer some files to, say, my laptop,
> I
>> click the laptop's mapped drive letter on my desktop, enter a
> respective
>> password, and I'm connected to the laptop. When I'm finished, I would
>> like to close that connection to the laptop.
>>
>> From what I've read thus far, if I click the Disconnect Network Drive
>> option in Windows Explorer, I will indeed close the connection but I
>> will also remove that drive letter from the mapped drives. I don't
> know
>> if I'm misunderstanding that but I don't want to remove the drive
> letter
>> or mapping from the mappings, I just want to close the connection to
> it.
>> Is there a way to do this without removing the drive letter from the
>> mappings, or am I misunderstanding what I've read?
>>
>> Thanx and Happy New Year!
>>
>
> For what reason do you want to "close the connection"?
>
His firewall status log starts showing ftp.fbi.gov at times.

8')

On 12/31/08 5:41 AM - John Holmes wrote:
> Max "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:
>
>> I have a wireless home network set up with Windows XP Pro (SP3) and a
>> few computers. When I wish to transfer some files to, say, my laptop,
> I
>> click the laptop's mapped drive letter on my desktop, enter a
> respective
>> password, and I'm connected to the laptop. When I'm finished, I would
>> like to close that connection to the laptop.
>>
>> From what I've read thus far, if I click the Disconnect Network Drive
>> option in Windows Explorer, I will indeed close the connection but I
>> will also remove that drive letter from the mapped drives. I don't
> know
>> if I'm misunderstanding that but I don't want to remove the drive
> letter
>> or mapping from the mappings, I just want to close the connection to
> it.
>> Is there a way to do this without removing the drive letter from the
>> mappings, or am I misunderstanding what I've read?
>>
>> Thanx and Happy New Year!
>>
>
> For what reason do you want to "close the connection"?
>

It's a shared computer at times.

In message <8zS6l.11937$> Max
<> was claimed to have wrote:

>On 12/31/08 5:41 AM - John Holmes wrote:
>> Max "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:
>>
>>> I have a wireless home network set up with Windows XP Pro (SP3) and a
>>> few computers. When I wish to transfer some files to, say, my laptop,
>> I
>>> click the laptop's mapped drive letter on my desktop, enter a
>> respective
>>> password, and I'm connected to the laptop. When I'm finished, I would
>>> like to close that connection to the laptop.
>>>
>>> From what I've read thus far, if I click the Disconnect Network Drive
>>> option in Windows Explorer, I will indeed close the connection but I
>>> will also remove that drive letter from the mapped drives. I don't
>> know
>>> if I'm misunderstanding that but I don't want to remove the drive
>> letter
>>> or mapping from the mappings, I just want to close the connection to
>> it.
>>> Is there a way to do this without removing the drive letter from the
>>> mappings, or am I misunderstanding what I've read?
>>>
>>> Thanx and Happy New Year!
>>>
>>
>> For what reason do you want to "close the connection"?
>>
>
>It's a shared computer at times.

So? Mapped drive letters are stored on a per-user basis anyway, so when
another user logs in, they'll have their own mapped drives.

Even if you are sharing one account, the connection would be re-opened
automatically if the next user were to access the shared drive letter.

On 12/31/08 3:16 PM - DevilsPGD wrote:
> In message <8zS6l.11937$> Max
> <> was claimed to have wrote:
>
>> On 12/31/08 5:41 AM - John Holmes wrote:
>>> Max "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:
>>>
>>>> I have a wireless home network set up with Windows XP Pro (SP3) and a
>>>> few computers. When I wish to transfer some files to, say, my laptop,
>>> I
>>>> click the laptop's mapped drive letter on my desktop, enter a
>>> respective
>>>> password, and I'm connected to the laptop. When I'm finished, I would
>>>> like to close that connection to the laptop.
>>>>
>>>> From what I've read thus far, if I click the Disconnect Network Drive
>>>> option in Windows Explorer, I will indeed close the connection but I
>>>> will also remove that drive letter from the mapped drives. I don't
>>> know
>>>> if I'm misunderstanding that but I don't want to remove the drive
>>> letter
>>>> or mapping from the mappings, I just want to close the connection to
>>> it.
>>>> Is there a way to do this without removing the drive letter from the
>>>> mappings, or am I misunderstanding what I've read?
>>>>
>>>> Thanx and Happy New Year!
>>>>
>>> For what reason do you want to "close the connection"?
>>>
>> It's a shared computer at times.
>
> So? Mapped drive letters are stored on a per-user basis anyway, so when
> another user logs in, they'll have their own mapped drives.
>
> Even if you are sharing one account, the connection would be re-opened
> automatically if the next user were to access the shared drive letter.

Okay thanks, I will set up a separate login account for myself and the
others will use a general account that does not have the mappings. I
didn't know that drive mappings were per account.

When I access one of these drives, it requires a password. I was
figuring if I could close the connection to the drive when I'm finished
with it, it would require the password to re-open it rather than it
re-opening automatically.

Max wrote:

......
>>> It's a shared computer at times.
>>
>> So? Mapped drive letters are stored on a per-user basis anyway, so when
>> another user logs in, they'll have their own mapped drives.
>>
>> Even if you are sharing one account, the connection would be re-opened
>> automatically if the next user were to access the shared drive letter.
>
> Okay thanks, I will set up a separate login account for myself and the
> others will use a general account that does not have the mappings. I
> didn't know that drive mappings were per account.
>
Depends. If the other end offers "share level" security (=no username, only
password per share necessary) as often is the case with home networks,
even the next user may get the same drive without further asking unless a
timeout has been reached in between reconnects. The windows client only
asks for the password, when the counterpart refuses to (re-)connect
without.
That's why we always use the /persistent:no switch on our logon scripts,
equivalent to unticking the "reconnect on startup" checkbox.

> When I access one of these drives, it requires a password. I was
> figuring if I could close the connection to the drive when I'm finished
> with it, it would require the password to re-open it rather than it
> re-opening automatically.

There is some registry setting for making network connections nonpersistent
by default, and for not caching lanman passwords as well.

[dysan819]

I want to do what was originally proposed, disconnect a share without losing the drive letter. The reason is this:

I work at on a laptop an office where I use the shared drive, then I drive to a client's house to work and no longer have access to the network. You wouldn't think that'd normally be an issue, but every time I pull up Windows Explorer, it tries to read the status of the shared drive and becomes unresponsive for at least 30 seconds. I often have programs open which I don't want to close, so rebooting or logging out isn't an option.