User Limits on Shared Connections

[mgookins]

XP only allows 10 network connections per shared folder.
I have a folder that I share with 21 students in a Lab
with a peer-to-peer network and the folder is mapped as a
drive on their systems. Only the first 10 that start up
their systems can access the mapped drive, others get an
error message that maximum allowed connections are
already made so you can't access this resource. Is there
a way to change the maximum to something larger than 10
users??

 

[Curt]

XP only allows 10 network connections per shared folder.
I have a folder that I share with 21 students in a Lab
with a peer-to-peer network and the folder is mapped as a
drive on their systems. Only the first 10 that start up
their systems can access the mapped drive, others get an
error message that maximum allowed connections are
already made so you can't access this resource. Is there
a way to change the maximum to something larger than 10
users??

Buy a server version of windows OS.

 

[Bob Willard]

XP only allows 10 network connections per shared folder.
I have a folder that I share with 21 students in a Lab
with a peer-to-peer network and the folder is mapped as a
drive on their systems. Only the first 10 that start up
their systems can access the mapped drive, others get an
error message that maximum allowed connections are
already made so you can't access this resource. Is there
a way to change the maximum to something larger than 10
users??

Four choices:
1. Upgrade your file server to W2K (or W2K+3) Server OS.
2. Downgrade your file server to W9x.
3. Spread your shared folders over a few XP PRO pseudo-servers.
4. Linux, anyone?