"No More Connections Can Be Made To This Remote Computer"

[mtbcpa]

I have a small office with 6 computers, one of which acts as a server.
I have read that XP home allows 5 inbound connections and XP pro
allows 10. I have 2 questions:

1. If I upgrade the "server" to XP pro, will I be able to have 10
inbound XP Home connections?

2. Because I only have 6 computers, and it is supposed to allow 5
inbound connections, I am unsure why I get this error message.
Perhaps there is some other inbound connection I am unaware of. Is
there a way to list the connections the "server" is counting as an
inbound connection?

Thanks!

 

[Nico Tomacelli [MSFT]]

Hi mtbcpa,

1) Windows XP Pro will allow 10 inbound connections, regardless of OS. So
10 XP Home machines would be able to connect.

2) This is likely happening because one of the 5 machines has a session
already open and then it doesnt reconnect to that old session.
You can view sessios by doing the following:
Start -Run - compmgmt.msc
Expand Shared Folders - Expand Sessions.
This will list your active sessions.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Nico Tomacelli
Microsoft Corp.
US - Windows Core:SOLID

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