Try To Keep RAS Connections Alive When Switching Users

You might have noticed that when you use the "Switch User" feature of Windows XP, you will lose your RAS (Dial-up and/or certain xDSL connections) connection. You can avoid this by entering the following to your registry:

1. Start the Registry Editor
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon
3. Right-click an empty space in the right-hand pane, and from the menu select New > String value
4. Name the new value KeepRASConnections
5. Right-click the KeepRASConnections value, and choose Modify from the menu
6. Enter 1 as the Value data
7. Close the registry editor and log off from Windows for the changes to take effect


Next time you switch user (Start > Log Off > Switch User), you won't lose your connection!