Windows XP NLA Service Polling Cycle

The NLA service is doesn't actually poll the network itself at a set interval.  It just provides the functions and methods for applications to invoke queries.
This MSDN site explains how applications can use it: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms700657(VS.85).aspx
The TCP/IP Protocol Driver and Winsock (afd.sys) use NLA to provide Network Awareness.  I looked through those drivers in the registry and can't seem to find a polling value.  This may be a hardcoded item or a query on demand setup.

OK... I might to looking in the wrong direct. The reason for me opening this questions is becuase I need to find a why to "extened" the timeout period for our network connects. What happens is that we have using connecting in from remote sites and it the link goes down they loose there connection then their windows firewall turns on which causes a whole bunch of problems....Any idea on a fix / workaround????

I think that is one of those "This is by design"  "features" as Microsoft would put it.  
The firewall is meant to turn on almost immediately when the network connection is lost.  If your policy allows it, you could adjust the standard firewall profile to allow for local network access when the link goes down.  
I don't think there is much that can be done with respect to how the firewall uses NLA to enable itself.

HUmmmmmmmmmm... Is there someway to extend the timeout period for a windows before it seems a network connection as disconnected then??

Further to this, I still couldn't find any attribute that can be controlled.  I went to the extent of running regmon to see there were reg keys queried that related to this issue during network failures and still nothing conclusive.
Sorry