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to: Glenn Meadows
from: Ellen K
date: 2004-06-02 20:39:38
subject: Re: HELP PLEASE - server dropping connection

No idea, but probably yes, because I think we do something to them every
time they boot, IOW we probably TELL them to shut them down every night.

> From: "Glenn Meadows" 
> Umm, do the people turn OFF their machines at night, and then on again in
> the AM?  A simple test if the problem persists, is leave ALL the computers
> on for several days, and see if the problem goes away.
> --
> Glenn M.
> "Ellen K"  wrote in message
> news:6096a8.c1b1f6{at}harborwebs.com...
>> I know we have a lot of Win98's (that's what the folks using the Clipper
> apps
>> use), dunno about Win95's.
>> 
>> What is SAP advertising?
>> 
>> > From: "Geo." 
>> > "Ellen K."  wrote in message
>> > news:dkvob0503g6coma1ppqap9v8fmkpuqphgj{at}4ax.com...
>> >> Well, we ARE running tcp and IPX at the same time, all those folks
>> >> logging on need both and I guess will continue to do so
as long as any
>> >> pieces of the old Clipper apps are still in use.   So if we can't
> remove
>> >> the IPX, is there anything else that could ameliorate this?
>> > Sure, there are lots of other ways to fix it but it depends on the
> cause. For
>> > example if you have a bunch of win95 machines you can disable SAP
> advertising
>> > on them (I don't remember how you do that but I know that's one
> solution). In
>> > NT you can set the registry entry
>> 
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters\Mai
> nta
>> > nServerList
>> > to "No".
>> >There are probably some other tricks I've forgotten but tell network guy
> to do
>> > a search at www.jsifaq.com and they'll turn up.
>> > Geo.

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