- Networking - Number of Users Limit
- Posted by BillL on October 6th, 2005
I am using a Windows XP computer in a small office network and want to allow
several users to access it. We have about 10 computers here and occasionally
I get a message on one of the user's computers that say the drive cannot be
accessed because there is already the maximum number of users accessing it.
Is there a setting somewhere that I don't know about that sets up a maximum
number of users (or files) that can be accessed via the network? If so, how
do I change it? If not, please offer any help you can to resolve this.
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Bill Lucca
- Posted by Rube on October 6th, 2005
Windows XP allows a maximum of 10 connections at one time. If you need more,
then either purchase a server version of windows, or buy a NAS device & host
your files on it..
"BillL" <BillL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:291E7F04-D090-4AEA-96B2-BE0CAE8E6791@microsoft.com...
> I am using a Windows XP computer in a small office network and want to
allow
> several users to access it. We have about 10 computers here and
occasionally
> I get a message on one of the user's computers that say the drive cannot
be
> accessed because there is already the maximum number of users accessing
it.
> Is there a setting somewhere that I don't know about that sets up a
maximum
> number of users (or files) that can be accessed via the network? If so,
how
> do I change it? If not, please offer any help you can to resolve this.
> --
> Bill Lucca
- Posted by Chuck on October 6th, 2005
On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 11:05:05 -0700, "BillL" <BillL@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
>I am using a Windows XP computer in a small office network and want to allow
>several users to access it. We have about 10 computers here and occasionally
>I get a message on one of the user's computers that say the drive cannot be
>accessed because there is already the maximum number of users accessing it.
>Is there a setting somewhere that I don't know about that sets up a maximum
>number of users (or files) that can be accessed via the network? If so, how
>do I change it? If not, please offer any help you can to resolve this.
Bill,
The limit is on the number of simultaneous active connections - 5 for a server
running XP Home, 10 for a server running XP Pro. To change that, you will have
to upgrade to an actual server OS, with 15 or more licenses.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/server-availability-affected-by.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...fected-by.html
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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
