Re: maximum users on shared drive

From: Miha Pihler (mihap-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:35:00 +0200

Hi,

Windows 2000 Professional and e.g. Windows XP have hard coded limit of 10
simultaneous users on a share and this can't be changed (or it is breach of
your license agreement). If you require more then 10 users on a share at the
same time, you will have to upgrade to server edition of Windows.

Mike

"JS" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1d7301c4a48c$e770e9d0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I have a problem concerning a drive that was shared.
>
> I had a Win2000 stand alone server with a extra 40GB drive
> with data on that users accessed. On this server there
> was a group created called "x" that had all the people
> added into that group that needed access to the data.
>
> The server was reloaded with Windows 2000 worstation and
> the extra drive was added after the PC was reloaded.
>
> I know have a problem concerning the amount of people that
> had access to it. In the past there was no issues with
> the amount of people that can access the drive at the same
> time. Now only 7 can access it at any givin time.
>
> I have tried to increace the maximum amount of people that
> can access it but it still does not allow them all to have
> access at the same time.
>
> I created the same group on the newly installed PC and
> added everyone that needed to be in there. The original
> account still resides on the properties(permissions) of
> this drive but it's got numbers now instead of the name
> that was there before i swapped it to the newly installed
> PC.
>
> IS this causing the problem?
>
> I need some help???? Please....

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