Problem sharing external hard drive

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Guest

I am attempting to share an external hard drive between two peer to peer
networked PCs. I have Windows XP Home running on both machines. I can share
directories between the two machines fine. When I attempt to share a folder
on the external hard drive, I receive the following message: Not enough
server storage is available to process this command.

I looked the error up and read that it may have something to do with a
Norton setting. The document that i found said to update the registry and
change the settings of the IRPStackSize value. I tried that, but I am still
getting the issue.

Does anyone have any ideas of what I could try to get around it?

Thanks!
 
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Steve Winograd [MVP]

I am attempting to share an external hard drive between two peer to peer
networked PCs. I have Windows XP Home running on both machines. I can share
directories between the two machines fine. When I attempt to share a folder
on the external hard drive, I receive the following message: Not enough
server storage is available to process this command.

I looked the error up and read that it may have something to do with a
Norton setting. The document that i found said to update the registry and
change the settings of the IRPStackSize value. I tried that, but I am still
getting the issue.

Does anyone have any ideas of what I could try to get around it?

Thanks!

That registry change, with a value of 15, usually fixes the problem.
Did you do it on the right computer -- the one that's attached
directly to the external hard drive?

Antivirus Software May Cause Event ID 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078

Un-sharing and re-sharing the drive might help.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
G

Guest

Thank you!!! That was the part I did wrong!

Steve Winograd said:
That registry change, with a value of 15, usually fixes the problem.
Did you do it on the right computer -- the one that's attached
directly to the external hard drive?

Antivirus Software May Cause Event ID 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078

Un-sharing and re-sharing the drive might help.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 

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