[Chris M]

Windows XP Pro Op Sys. had been up and running with a shared drive.
no limitations were present. changed the IP address. rebooted. now i
can not get past (10) users logging on. thx - Chris

[Richard G. Harper]

There always has been a ten connection limit in Windows XP Professional, so
whatever change you made had no effect on that.

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"Chris M" <Chris M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BB05F807-A222-4A53-BEF4-BD73E920CBC4@microsoft.com...
> Windows XP Pro Op Sys. had been up and running with a shared drive.
> no limitations were present. changed the IP address. rebooted. now i
> can not get past (10) users logging on. thx - Chris

[Gary Tsang]

Windows XP Pro always had a limit of ten concurrent connections.

Inbound connections limit in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314882



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"Chris M" <Chris M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BB05F807-A222-4A53-BEF4-BD73E920CBC4@microsoft.com...
> Windows XP Pro Op Sys. had been up and running with a shared drive.
> no limitations were present. changed the IP address. rebooted. now i
> can not get past (10) users logging on. thx - Chris

[Chris M]

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

> There always has been a ten connection limit in Windows XP Professional, so
> whatever change you made had no effect on that.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Chris M" <Chris M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BB05F807-A222-4A53-BEF4-BD73E920CBC4@microsoft.com...
> > Windows XP Pro Op Sys. had been up and running with a shared drive.
> > no limitations were present. changed the IP address. rebooted. now i
> > can not get past (10) users logging on. thx - Chris
>
>
while the (10) connection limit may have always existed, i have had
more than (10) users hitting there mail boxes at one time. - CM

[Chris M]

"Gary Tsang" wrote:

> Windows XP Pro always had a limit of ten concurrent connections.
>
> Inbound connections limit in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314882
>
>
>
> --
> Gary Tsang
> Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
> http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>
>
> "Chris M" <Chris M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BB05F807-A222-4A53-BEF4-BD73E920CBC4@microsoft.com...
> > Windows XP Pro Op Sys. had been up and running with a shared drive.
> > no limitations were present. changed the IP address. rebooted. now i
> > can not get past (10) users logging on. thx - Chris
>
>
>
while the (10) connection limit may have always existed, i have had
more than (10) users hitting there mail boxes at one time. - CM

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

You can repeat this over and over - you'll get no help or sympathy from the
group. We can deduce that evidently you've never had 10 simultaneous
connections to the XP box - changing an IP address would have not
affect/effect on this. If you need more than 10 connections simultaneously,
then buy a server edition with the appropriate number of CALs. The 10
simultaneous limit is hard coded into the XP Pro OS, and 5 simultaneous
limit is hard coded into the XP Home OS. Note: The OS will drop unused
connections based on which connections have been inactive the longest. This
may be what was happening in the past, it just seems it no longer works as
all 10 connections are currently active when doing your testing, thus it
seems to no longer work.

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"Chris M" <ChrisM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D5FDAED4-0631-4C7F-800F-D8B508E38353@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Gary Tsang" wrote:
>
>> Windows XP Pro always had a limit of ten concurrent connections.
>>
>> Inbound connections limit in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314882
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Gary Tsang
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>>
>>
>> "Chris M" <Chris M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BB05F807-A222-4A53-BEF4-BD73E920CBC4@microsoft.com...
>> > Windows XP Pro Op Sys. had been up and running with a shared drive.
>> > no limitations were present. changed the IP address. rebooted. now i
>> > can not get past (10) users logging on. thx - Chris
>>
>>
>>
> while the (10) connection limit may have always existed, i have had
> more than (10) users hitting there mail boxes at one time. - CM

[Ron Martell]

"Star Fleet Admiral Q"
<Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NO-SPAM)@(SPAM-NOT)hotmail.com> wrote:

>You can repeat this over and over - you'll get no help or sympathy from the
>group. We can deduce that evidently you've never had 10 simultaneous
>connections to the XP box - changing an IP address would have not
>affect/effect on this. If you need more than 10 connections simultaneously,
>then buy a server edition with the appropriate number of CALs. The 10
>simultaneous limit is hard coded into the XP Pro OS, and 5 simultaneous
>limit is hard coded into the XP Home OS. Note: The OS will drop unused
>connections based on which connections have been inactive the longest. This
>may be what was happening in the past, it just seems it no longer works as
>all 10 connections are currently active when doing your testing, thus it
>seems to no longer work.

As a postcript the 10 connection limit has been present in all
non-server versions of Windows since at least Windows 95.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

In news:D5FDAED4-0631-4C7F-800F-D8B508E38353@microsoft.com,
Chris M <ChrisM@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> "Gary Tsang" wrote:
>
>> Windows XP Pro always had a limit of ten concurrent connections.
>>
>> Inbound connections limit in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314882
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Gary Tsang
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>>
>>
>> "Chris M" <Chris M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BB05F807-A222-4A53-BEF4-BD73E920CBC4@microsoft.com...
>>> Windows XP Pro Op Sys. had been up and running with a shared drive.
>>> no limitations were present. changed the IP address. rebooted.
>>> now i can not get past (10) users logging on. thx - Chris
>>
>>
>>
> while the (10) connection limit may have always existed, i have had
> more than (10) users hitting there mail boxes at one time. - CM

In addition to the other replies (with which I agree), when you say
"mailboxes", what do you mean? Note that accessing Outlook PST files on a
non-local drive isn't supported by MS and can lead to data corruption & data
loss, in addition to performance problems. Not sure if you're using Outlook,
but thought this might be worth mentioning....

[Manny Borges]

Negative ghost rider. Windows 9x architecture has no limit on concurrent
connections (not sure about winME, but who really cares about winME). NT
family has that limit.

"Ron Martell" wrote:

> "Star Fleet Admiral Q"
> <Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NO-SPAM)@(SPAM-NOT)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >You can repeat this over and over - you'll get no help or sympathy from the
> >group. We can deduce that evidently you've never had 10 simultaneous
> >connections to the XP box - changing an IP address would have not
> >affect/effect on this. If you need more than 10 connections simultaneously,
> >then buy a server edition with the appropriate number of CALs. The 10
> >simultaneous limit is hard coded into the XP Pro OS, and 5 simultaneous
> >limit is hard coded into the XP Home OS. Note: The OS will drop unused
> >connections based on which connections have been inactive the longest. This
> >may be what was happening in the past, it just seems it no longer works as
> >all 10 connections are currently active when doing your testing, thus it
> >seems to no longer work.
>
> As a postcript the 10 connection limit has been present in all
> non-server versions of Windows since at least Windows 95.
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
> http://aumha.org/alex.htm
>

[Ron Martell]

Manny Borges <MannyBorges@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Negative ghost rider. Windows 9x architecture has no limit on concurrent
>connections (not sure about winME, but who really cares about winME). NT
>family has that limit.
>

Check the license agreements. Some Windows 98 licenses are limited to
5 connections.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm