One user appears as two users

[Ken Varley]

I have a computer with Windows XP Professional that I use as our file
server. It does not allow for more than simultaneous 10 sessions. The
problem I am having is that some of the users accessing this computer
appears as two different sessions. For example when I log on as "ken" with
say 18 files open, rather than appearing as Ken with 18 files I have one
'Ken" session with 16 files sand a second 'Ken" session with 2 files open.
This does not apply to all users. Some users can open 20 or more files and
just have one session with 20 files. When I get these multiple sessions it
puts us over the 10 session limit and then I start to have problem with
people logging on.

I am using Vista in my computer and the other computer that has the same
problem is a Vista computer. However, other Vista computes do not have
this problem.

Can anyone help with this?





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[Anteaus]

Richard G. Harper wrote:

"The number of connections each user will appear as having depends on how
many shared resources they are touching - if they are touching one shared
folder and one shared printer that's two connections. If they are touching
two shared folders that's two connections. "

Sorry, but that is incorrect. You can connect to any number of shares on the
same server with one CAL. An issue does arise if the server is named
differently in each connection, in that case multiple CALs are used-up.

For example:

net use q: \\server\documents
net use lpt1: \\server\printer
net use x: \\server\uforeports

Will use one CAL.

net use q: \\server\documents
net use lpt1 \\server.domain.com\printer
net use x: \\10.0.0.51\uforeports

will use THREE CALs, even though all three refer to the same server.

Another reason for a client taking-up two CALs is failure of the initial
connection to IPC$ to close properly once the client is logged-on. Exactly
why this occasionally happens is a mystery.

The reason for the OP's problem may relate to the way in which the
connections were made, as described above.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I have a computer with Windows XP Professional that I use as our file
server. It does not allow for more than simultaneous 10 sessions. The
problem I am having is that some of the users accessing this
computer appears as two different sessions. For example when I log
on as "ken" with say 18 files open, rather than appearing as Ken with
18 files I have one 'Ken" session with 16 files sand a second 'Ken"
session with 2 files open. This does not apply to all users. Some
users can open 20 or more files and just have one session with 20
files. When I get these multiple sessions it puts us over the 10
session limit and then I start to have problem with people logging on.

I am using Vista in my computer and the other computer that has the
same problem is a Vista computer. However, other Vista computes do
not have this problem.

Can anyone help with this?

You really need to get a server OS. Workgroups do not scale well. Get W2003
or 2008 (and CALs) and create an AD domain and watch this and many other
admin headaches disappear. SBS may be a good option for you.