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  1. Nov 10th, 2002, 07:36 AM #1
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    Unhappy file sharing in XP

    Hi all - I hope somebody can help!!

    I recently found that there is a limit to the amount of users when cusing file sharing. Does anybody know of a hack or a way around this???

    Thanks in advance.
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  2. Nov 10th, 2002, 02:19 PM #2
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    Out of curiosity, what's the limit?
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  3. Nov 10th, 2002, 02:30 PM #3
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    FYI - The limit with XP Home is 5 Concurrent Connections.

    No other ideas I presume???
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  4. Nov 11th, 2002, 04:21 AM #4
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    Wow, that's a bit low - i'd have thought it'd be much higher.

    Sorry i have no idea how you could resolve the problem.
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    Microsoft has always tried to make you upgrade to a "Server" OS if you want to have more than ten connections.
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    But is there any kind of a registry hack or otherwise that would overcome this problem???
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    Originally posted by PaulTilley
    But is there any kind of a registry hack or otherwise that would overcome this problem???
    they don't usually make it that easy...

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    I would assume that xp pro doesnt have a limitation THIS LOW! I dont think you could crack it. It's usually the way Josh said..... different versions of their OS handles different number of connections, whether it's for telnet or whatever....
    Btw did you read that somewhere or are you just experimenting it?
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    Originally posted by MrPolite
    I would assume that xp pro doesnt have a limitation THIS LOW! I dont think you could crack it. It's usually the way Josh said..... different versions of their OS handles different number of connections, whether it's for telnet or whatever....
    Btw did you read that somewhere or are you just experimenting it?
    AFAIK, all non-Server version of NT or higher limit Windows File Sharing, etc, and IIS/PWS to a ten connection limit. Normal TCP/IP connections should not be affected, only MS supplied software, but if memory serves me right, MS had tried to limit the original NT OS to ten connections for any TCP/IP connections, but they were criticized for trying to ship a non-standard and broken TCP/IP stack. (NT's TCP/IP is actually based on Berkeley BSD's).

    Anyway, here's an experiment to try. Disabled the Windows File Sharing, etc. Then install a Unix emulation environment (POSIX/cygwin, etc). Then see if you can get Samba to run on that, and see if that can get around the limitations.
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