Surface Pro 3 Docking Station Drops Network
Hello, we have a user who recently was given a surface pro 3 with a docking station. They are on our internal network joined to the domain with redirected desktop/documents. Every time they lock the screen and walk away for a minute and comeback the network connection drops then has to reestablish itself. 

This causes the user to have to right click and do a refresh to bring back their redirected desktop, documents and favorites. Is there a way to make these docking stations/surface pros not drop the connection?

I already changed the sleep settings to never, changed a few adapter settings including disabling energy efficient Ethernet and selective suspending. Also tried auto-negotiate on the switch port and adapter, no luck, tried hard strapping it for 100mbps on the switch port and adapter, still no luck. I'm pretty sure I have the latest firmware/drivers as well.

Any ideas??? I really need to keep this network connection live at all times. 
July 20th, 2015 10:31am

Resolved:
Using the PowerCfg.exe utility, you can configure the display timeout used when the PC is in an unlocked state as well as when it is at a locked screen. From an administrative command prompt, the following commands can be used to control the display timeout:

powercfg.exe /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_VIDEO VIDEOIDLE <time in seconds>
powercfg.exe /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_VIDEO VIDEOCONLOCK <time in seconds> 
powercfg.exe /setactive SCHEME_CURRENT 

The VIDEOIDLE timeout is used when the PC is unlocked and the VIDEOCONLOCK timeout is used when the PC is at a locked screen.

Note: These commands set the timeout used when the system is plugged in and using AC power. To set the timeouts used when on DC (battery) power, use the /setdcvalueindex switch instead of /setacvalueindex.

From KB2835052 I'd post the link, but I had to create a new account and don't have permission yet.





  • Marked as answer by whitdog54 13 hours 50 minutes ago
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July 20th, 2015 1:35pm

Resolved:
Using the PowerCfg.exe utility, you can configure the display timeout used when the PC is in an unlocked state as well as when it is at a locked screen. From an administrative command prompt, the following commands can be used to control the display timeout:

powercfg.exe /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_VIDEO VIDEOIDLE <time in seconds>
powercfg.exe /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_VIDEO VIDEOCONLOCK <time in seconds> 
powercfg.exe /setactive SCHEME_CURRENT 

The VIDEOIDLE timeout is used when the PC is unlocked and the VIDEOCONLOCK timeout is used when the PC is at a locked screen.

Note: These commands set the timeout used when the system is plugged in and using AC power. To set the timeouts used when on DC (battery) power, use the /setdcvalueindex switch instead of /setacvalueindex.

From KB2835052 I'd post the link, but I had to create a new account and don't have permission yet.





  • Marked as answer by whitdog54 Monday, July 20, 2015 5:34 PM
July 20th, 2015 5:34pm

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