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by olson1or

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Using WinNT 4.0 Service Pack 5. Ten workstations and one server. Using DHCP for IP addressing. If I reboot a workstation I will have a 50 50 chance that I will get a message box which reads: "Server Busy, Please Retry" and a box to the right end of the message box with the number 4 inside. If I click the press the retry button I will not get the box again and the workstation will log onto the network. It does not make any difference if there are any other workstations logged on or not. Isthere a time value I can change at the workstation or at the server which will allow more tries than before giving up.

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by ann777

1. Use Regedt32 to navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters

2. Add two Value Names as type REG_DWORD entries:

MaxFreeConnections and set it to 8.

MaxWorkItems and set it to 255*.

3. Turn off Autodisconnect by setting it to 0xFFFFFFFF.

4. Edit MaxMpxCt - The default is 50, the range is 1 - 65,535. Change it to 128

NOTE: Increasing these items can also improve server performance.

5. Shutdown and restart your server.

*MaxWorkItems has a maximum value of 512. If you still have problems, try 383, 447, 479, and finally 512.

by olson1or

My server does not have Autodisconnect or MaxMpxCt. The four lines I do have are:
Lmannounce:REG_DWORD:0
NullSessionPipes:REG_MULTI_SZ:COMNAP COMNODE
NullSessionShares:REG_MULTI_SZ:COMCFG DFG$
Size:REG_DWORD:0x3

That is on the server.

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