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red X under network mapped drives

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by ravila

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Win 2000 workstation
why I'm getting a red x under my mapped network drives if they are connected properly and I could access the files with no problems when I clink on them.

thanks
Ramon

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by ravila

Sorry, when away after the service pack was installed but came back after I reboot the computer.

Thanks any way I need it the service pack

by f_somers

Hi!
This is a standard feature of Windows 2000. W2K will put the connection into a type of "sleep" mode when there has been no activity with the connection for a while. The reason seems to be that by putting it into "sleep" mode, the system will use fewer resources.

by green lantern

This is "normal". Microsoft can't seem to do the same thing twice. The red x only means the drive is not currently active. You might experience a slight delay in getting data from the drive the first time you click on it.
As mentioned previouslyWin2k goes into a "kind of sleep mode" when network drives aren't used for a space of time. Don't know the time parameters.

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