Maintaining a network drive connection

[chainprayer]

Is there a good way to stop a connected network drive from disconnecting after inactivity? I have a folder that I maintain a connection to on my wife's computer that frequently disconnects if I don't use it for some time or I put my computer to sleep. I want to maintain the connection so I don't have to wait for the delay while the drive reconnects.

I did find some forum posts about making a drive connect automatically upon login, but I want to keep the connection alive. I use a few programs that throw error messages at me if the connection is lost.

Thanks for the insight!