Re: Tcp concurrent connection limit in sp2

From: Fritz (fritz_at_biteme.net)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:20:29 -0400

You're talking about file sharing. SP2 does, in fact, limit TCP connections
in order to prevent trojans from distributing themselves - I remember
reading that somewhere on MS site.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:e6ieRO%23iEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> The concurrent connections for SP2 have not been changed:
>
> XP Pro: 10 and XP Home: 5
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
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> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Roman" wrote:
>
> | Does anyone know how to remove the security limit imposed
> | my xp sp2 on the number of concurrent tcp connections?
> | sp2 causes some of my programs to error with the error #
> | 10055 because of this new limitation sp2 implements.

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