> ok, somewhat of a problem here.
>
> I have here at a work a printer server, the machine is pretty good (P4 HT 3.0
> ghz, 1gb ram) running Windows XP Pro SP2.
> My problem is, from time to time (sometimes twice or thrice a day) i have to
> reset the machine, because no other client can print on it, the client gives me
> a error message, like the server was offline, which isnt, because i can ping on
> it.
>
> Trying out, i figured out that everytime i canīt print, i also canīt acess the
> server via Start/Run/, and typing \\printerserver it gives me a error saying
> that the maximum number of connections is reached and i canīt connect.
>
> Is there a way to see where is this limit, and change it ?
>
> I did a quick googling on it, found a couple of patches, but apparentely they
> donīt fix this error, just the maximum number of connections that win XP can do
> to the other machines, not the maximum number of connections that can be
> received.
>
> anyone have a saying in this matter ?
>
> its somewhat of a big problem for me.
>
> thanks in advance.
>


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