Microsoft KB Archive/116043

= Network Share Access Denied After Limit Met, Then a Disconnect =

Article ID: 116043

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q116043



SYMPTOMS
When two computers access a shared file or application on a network share where the limit of connections is set to two, a third computer is still unable to access the shared file or application even after one of the other two computers have closed the file or quit the application.



CAUSE
By design, a dormant network connection remains alive for 10 minutes after a computer quits a shared file or application on a network share.

In the case above, the computer that closed the shared file or quit the shared application still has a dormant network connection and because the network share is limited to two, the third computer is still unable to access the shared file or application.

NOTE: Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 behaves the same way.



WORKAROUND
To delete a dormant network connection:

 From the computer with the dormant connection, use the following command to delete the connection:

NET USE \\server\share /d

-or- From the server, an administrator can use the following command to delete the dormant connection:

net sess \\computername /d



Additional query words: wfw wfwg prodnt

Keywords: kbnetwork KB116043

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