Max Sessions File-Sharing WinXP

[Brave]

Hello,

I have a small network with 6 computers, and one of them is a file-sharing server. All the computers have WinXP Home Edition. I notice that when the 6 computer try to establish a file-sharing session, it gives a error message saying that the server reached the maximum allowed sessions. I google a little and i found this:

- Windows XP Professional : 10 simultaneous file-sharing connections

( same limitation as in Windows NT4 workstation and Windows 2000 Professional )

- Windows XP Home Edition : 5 simultaneous file-sharing connections

( Windows 95,98, ME do not have a known limit of simultaneous file-sharing connections )

Anyone knows a way to get through this ? some patch? some registry key ? something ?

Need help please !!

Thx

Brave

[Sonic]

You cant' change limit (it's hardcoded for the moment), just windows 98 has a unknow limit ...

[cluberti]

To get more than 5 or 10 connections (XP Home or Pro), you need to upgrade to a server-class edition of the product. If this network isn't going to grow past 40 or 50 users anytime soon, consider Microsoft Small Business Server - it's not very expensive (at least the Standard edition), and it does come with Exchange.