How to Disable Persistent Connections for Network Client 3.0

This article was previously published under Q122550

To disable persistent connections for Microsoft Network Client version 3.0 for MS-DOS, do the following before you log on:

1. Using a text editor, change the RECONNECT entry in the [Network] section of SYSTEM.INI to the following:

   RECONNECT=NO

2. Rename or delete the CONNECT.DAT file.

NOTE: Both SYSTEM.INI and CONNECT.DAT are located in the Network Client directory, which is usually called C:\NET.