Net Watcher Continues to List Disconnected Client

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you are running the "File and printer sharing for NetWare Networks" network service, Net Watcher reports that another computer is still connected to your computer, even though the other computer has disconnected from your computer. Quitting and restarting Net Watcher, or pressing the F5 key to refresh the display, does not eliminate the problem.

CAUSE

Even after the other computer has disconnected, a low-level connection exists between the two computers. Net Watcher is reporting that this low- level connection exists.

RESOLUTION

To completely disconnect the other computer from your computer so that the connection is not shown in Net Watcher, use either of the following methods:

• In Net Watcher, click the computer you want to disconnect, then click Disconnect User on the Administer menu.
• Quit and then restart Windows 95.

MORE INFORMATION

A client computer connected to a Windows 95 computer that is running the "File and printer sharing for NetWare Networks" network service generally uses the same connection for all processes that need access to the Windows 95 computer. Therefore, disconnecting a single network drive does not break this single connection to the remote server. The connection remains and is visible in Net Watcher until the local connection table on the remote server is full.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.