Increase Max. Connections to a Win2k Machine (W2K)

[jjenkins]

I'm using a Win2k non-server version as a database server. I need to increase the max connections from 10 to around 100. Does anyone know how to increase this without upgrading to Win2k Server? Thx.

[7ate9]

There's been a couple posts about this same issue. I've never seen a solution given, and nearly all reponses have indicated that this is not possible.

7ate9
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[XPLORERUSA]

According to Microsoft, Upgrading From Workstation to Server Limited to 10 Connections, you can change the registry to fix that problem:

Start the Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE)
Find the following key:


\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servi ces \LanmanServer\Parameters


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.
Exit the Registry Editor.
Either shut down and restart Windows NT, or from a command prompt type:


NET STOP SERVER


And then type:


NET START SERVER

I'll try it on my win2K pro workstation and see if that works

[BertImmenschuh]

Usually to increase the number of connections to Win2000 or WinXP you have buy more Client Access Licenses.

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[Simon Clausen]

From memory the registry tweak only worked in Windows NT 3.x -- with the introduction of NT 4.0 I believe it was hardcoded to 10 sessions for the workstation version. The only way to increase the user limit is to upgrade to the server version.

Regards,

Simon
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