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Q: In Windows Vista and later, how do I stop Remote Access Service connections from closing at log off?
How to keep Remote Access Service connections open in Windows Vista and Windows 7 after logging off.
John Savill
March 5, 2012
1 Min Read
A: In Windows XP creating the DWORD registry value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogonKeepRasConnections and setting to 1 would keep Remote Access Service (RAS) connections open even after a logoff. This no longer works in Windows Vista and later. However, all that has really happened is the key has changed. For Windows Vista and later, perform the following:
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe).
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesRasManParameters (if the key doesn’t exist, create it).
Create a new value called KeepRasConnections of type REG_SZ.
Set the new value to have a value of 1.
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