Connection limit on Win2k pro

[XplorerUSA]

Does anyone knows how to increase the Limited number of  connections to windows 2000 workstation? right now is limited to 10, i would like to have at least 5 more connections, any ideas?

[Anonymous]

From Microsoft Knowledge Base Article – 122925
Limited number of licenses connections to 10
The information in this article applies to:
·   Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
·   Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
·   Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
·   Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
·   Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
·   Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
·   Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
·   Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
To correct this problem, you may do the following:
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk.
1.   Start the Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE)
2.   Find the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesLanmanServerParameters
3.   From the Edit menu, choose Add Value. Type \"Users\" (without quotation marks) in the Value Name field. Select REG_DWORD for the Data Type and choose OK. Enter the value of 0xFFFFFFFF in the String field and choose OK.
4.   Exit the Registry Editor.
5.   Either shut down and restart Windows NT, or from a command prompt type:
NET STOP SERVER

And then type:
NET START SERVER

[Anonymous]

I saw this on the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article – 179483

There are several other parameters that you can check when troubleshooting a problem with limited connections to the computer.
·   Verify that the computer is running a retail version of Windows NT or later. To verify this, check the Licensing tool in Control Panel and make sure that the following message does not appear:
Not available in NFR (Not for Resale)/MSDN Edition of Windows NT Server.
·   The server may be configured with Per Server licensing and the number of licenses may be exhausted. A quick check to see if this is the problem would be turn off the License Logging Service on the computer.
·   Check to see if the server was configured by upgrading a computer running Windows NT Workstation to Windows NT Server. If it was, the following registry parameter may need to be increased from a hex value of 0xa (10) to 0xFFFFFFFF:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesLanManServerParametersUsers

[Anonymous]

This setting specifies the maximum number of concurrent connections accepted.
Open your registry and find the key below.
Create a new string value named \"MaxConnections\" and set it to equal the number of connections, the default is 100.
Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesVxDMSTCP]Value Name: MaxConnectionsData Type: REG_SZ (String Value)Value Data: 32-bit Number
I think this works for win9x, maybe it\'ll work for you :-))

[Anonymous]

Hey, maybe you can change the OS with TweakNT, to make it a server, then you can try the suggestions from Microsoft.