Set number and timing of SMB connection attempts
Enable this policy to adjust default number of SMB share mount retries and retry delays.
As mounting SMB share offers a really long timeout, OS booting might stall singificantly (several minutes) when file server is unaccessible (eg. with mobile computers off the company site).
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional
Number of attempts to mount share before giving up:
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | SOFTWARE\Policies\WPKG_gp |
| Value Name | ConnectionTries |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Default Value | 7 |
| Min Value | 0 |
| Max Value |
Delay time between each attempt (s):
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | SOFTWARE\Policies\WPKG_gp |
| Value Name | ConnectionSleepBeforeRetry |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Default Value | 5 |
| Min Value | 0 |
| Max Value |
wpkg-gp.admx
- WPKG-GP
- Miscellanous
- Network
- Enable WPKG-GP and configure base settings