LAN between XP pro and Windows 2000

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Hi,

I work in a small office and we have a fairly basic setup. We are using a PC
with XP Pro for our file server and have 5 desktop PC's connected on LAN with
Windows 2000 and 1 desktop PC connected on LAN with XP Pro (making total of 7
PC's).

The problem I am having is this. I am getting this connection error on the
XP Pro desktop PC;

"No more connections can be made to this remote computer at this time
because there are already as many connections as the computer can accept"

However, if I start up one of the other Windows 2000 PC's it connects
without any problems...

Can anyone suggest a solution? I do not get the "no more connections..."
error all the time either.

Thanks.

Scott
 
Scott said:
Hi,

I work in a small office and we have a fairly basic setup. We are
using a PC with XP Pro for our file server and have 5 desktop PC's
connected on LAN with Windows 2000 and 1 desktop PC connected on LAN
with XP Pro (making total of 7 PC's).

The problem I am having is this. I am getting this connection error on
the XP Pro desktop PC;

"No more connections can be made to this remote computer at this time
because there are already as many connections as the computer can
accept"

However, if I start up one of the other Windows 2000 PC's it connects
without any problems...
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You have run into the inbound concurrent connections limitation. XP
Pro's limitation is 10 connections. Please note this means
*connections* and not *computers*. Each workstation can (and usually
does) make more than one connection.

The solution is to either 1) replace your XP Pro on your pseudo-server
with a real MS operating system (Small Business Server would be just
right for you); or 2) replace the XP Pro operating system with a Linux
distro. Linux works very well as a file server. If you are actually
running Windows programs on the pseudo-server and not just sharing
files then you should install a Microsoft server operating system.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314882 - Inbound connections limit in
XP

concurrent connections:

5 for XP Home
10 for XP Pro/Tablet/MCE
49 for SBS 2000
74 for SBS 2003
Unlimited for full Server O/Ses

Malke
 
Ian said:
-When you crosspost you waste people's time. That won't get you more
help, only less.
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Crossposting is good, not bad. He may have multiposted (I don't know-- I
haven't checked the other groups) which *is* bad, but he did not crosspost.
 
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