----- Original Message -----
From: "James Jarvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Sorry to go completely off topic, but you guys are my last hope.
> I have a member of staff who works from home now and then,
> and remotely accesses our office server through his phone line.
> He is not the most technically aware person in the world, and
> has been known to stay connected to the server for days on end
...
> Does anyone know of any software that will either prompt you
> after a certain amount of time and then disconnect you if you
> don't respond, or if there is software that will cut the connection
> after system idle for a preset amount of time.

Windows ! ! ! !

Start, Settings, Control Panel, open the Internet Options icon.  Click on
Connections tab.  Highlight the dialup connection he uses in the list
window.  Click the Settings button next to it.  Look for the Advanced button
in the settings window and click that.  Put a checkmark in the "Disconnect
if idle for [ ] minutes" box and choose a value for the minutes.  Click
"OK", "OK","OK"

Happy? :-)
Bj



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