Closing network connections... Never happens

[Bozz]

Shutting down XP Pro, I get a Closing Network Connections message that never goes, even after a week (I left it shutting down and went away for a week - it didn't). I thought that this went out with 95/98, maybe it's a backwards compatibility feature?

Any ideas?



Ian Boys
DTE Systems Ltd

 

[FAM]

Go to Start>RUN Type in Regedit then drill down to,

HKEY_LOCAL _MACHINE
+SYSTEM
+CONTROL SET001
CONTROL "WAIT TO KILL SERVICE 20000" > Double click

The 20000 refers to 20000 ms. Change it to 200.

Does this improve it?

 

[Bozz]

Didn't help. Thanks for trying though.

Ian Boys
DTE Systems Ltd

 

[Xaqte]

Right click on the network connection and select "Properties". Under where it says "Connect using", select the configure button. This will bring up a new dialog box, where you select the "Power Management" tab. Here is the option "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" - is this checked? If so, try unchecking it & see if this fixes your problem.

Let us know your results!

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