how to disconnect someone from network?

You know how you can see your network connections in the System Information screen under Software Environment/Network Connections?

How can you remove someone/a connect from that list?

I frequently have to access my typists computer to get my reports. She is more that one person's typist, and sometimes too many people are connected and other people can't get into her computer. I may not physically have anything open on my computer from her computer, but my computer thinks it is still attached to hers.

Is there a way around this (other than shutting down the computer, and restarting?)

 

For everyone who access to typist computer, just simply go to "My Computer" and right click one dirver letter which map to typist computer's share folder, and select "disconnect ".

 

Jason is assuming that you are conecting via drive mappings. However, I think he is probably right to do so. If he is right, this may well be a good example of when not to use mappings.

When you map a network drive, your system sets up and maintains a connection to that mapping regularly through the working day (especially when you do things like open Windows Explorer). The connection is maintain just in case your next action is to go to that location (its a sort of look ahead system).

This is fine if you are connection to a resource you use a lot, and in fact mapping will speed up connection to that resource precisely because the connection is being maintained. On the other hand if this is an occasional connection, maintaining the mapping just adds a performance over head.

Instead, either browse to your secretary's shared folder when you need to get information from it, or better still, create a shortcut in network neighbourhood to that folder. A shortcut is just that. It can be as easy to use as a mapping, without the long term connection being maintained.

However, the best solution would be for your secretary to post the information to a location on your central file server(s). That way you will not need to access and maintain shares on various PC, and it will probably be easier to back up documents the secretary generates.

 

We are a small company and don't have a central file server.

I actually do have a shortcut to her "my documents" folder on my desktop, and that is how I access it. Yet, when I close it, and the file I was working on, my network connections say I am still connected to her computer.

 

How small is your company? is it less than 5 users?

 

we have less than 20 computers, but not all are networked. We have a router where most are networked together. We have some sort of "file server" but it is not for typed documents. It is just for storing backups.

 

Could you give the steps that how you create the "shortcut" ? Maybe we can find something by look into it.

 

Ok. This is how it works. My typist types documents for me. She stores them in her "my documents" folder. It is a shared folder, so I opened up "my network places ", found her my documents folder on it, right clicked, choose "create shortcut" and then I dragged the shortcut onto my desktop.

When I need a document, I double click on the short cut, open it, edit/print it (99% of the time it is word documents), then I close work, and close the window for her my documents.

Then, if I open up the System Information screen under Software Environment/Network Connections, there are three listed. Two are my typists computer, one is listed as a "current connection" and one is a "persistant connection ". I have a third from another typist, which is also "persistant" however, I haven't attached to her computer in months!!

I have a screenshot, but couldn't figure out how to post it here.

 

Try NET USE command

Here is link to microsoft website to explain how to use it.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/net_use.mspx?mfr=true

Actually, you can create a BAT file to your desktop and the BAT file should include something like this:

net use /delete \\computer name\share folder