Disconnect Box

[mikecaro]

I used to have a box appear when I shut down my IE Browser that would ask me if I wanted to disconnect but one day when I was uploading my web page a screen kept coming up saying I was inactive for a period of time and asking if I wanted to disconnect. I clicked a box saying, "don't ask me this again" and now the box doesn't come up anymore asking if I want to disconnect when I shut down my Browser. How can I get that box to come back up again?
Mike

 

[evilmrhenry]

Ok, try to follow this.

Start up IE,
Go to Tools-Internet Options
Click the Connections tab
Select the connection you use in the white box
Click settings
Click advanced
Check the box labeled "Disconnect when connection may no loger be needed"

The other box - "Disconnect if idle for longer than" should be unchecked if you do not want the computer disconnecting after a period of time.

 

[Bryan]

Henry's suggestion will usually fix it but if it doesn't, try <a href=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q193555> this</a> registry edit from Microsoft.

BTW, be patient if you click on the link I provided. The Microsoft site is crawling today. Everyone and their brothers must be flooding the site to get the fix for the security hole discovered in Windows XP a few days ago.

 

[Brooks]

It is not just Microsoft having problems today, alternet has a backbone router in Atlanta that keeps timing out.

 

[mikecaro]

Well Henry's suggestion didn't work. And the regedit info didn't work because it suggests changing the "EnableAutodisconnect" value and it doesn't even show up on the suggested registry. Is there a way to add this?

Mike

 

[TonyKlein]

Yes, there is.

Download the attached Autodisconnect.txt, save as (rename to) Autodisconnect.reg, and doubleclick to have it merged into the registry.

Good luck,