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by dhamilt01

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I am getting the following message:
'NO MORE CONNECTIONS CAN BE MADE TO THIS REMOTE COMPUTER AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE ALREADY AS MANY CONNECTIONS AS THE COMPUTER CAN ACCEPT' when trying to access 2 other computers (none are servers) on my local network from an XP Pro system.

Microsoft's KB815432 says to install SP2. I installed SP2 a long time ago and the problem went away. When I updated to SP3, the problem came back.

Help ... please and thank you.

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by thumbsup2

The error you are seeing is security related.

Are you trying to connect to a share on another computer, or do people get this when trying to connect to a share on yours?

If you're trying to connect to a share on another computer, how are you going about it?

by dhamilt01

Thanks ThumbsUp2 for replying.

I am trying to access shared directories on either of 2 other computers. To do this I select My Network Places on my XP system. Then I select Entire Network. Then I select Microsoft Windows Network. Then I select the workgroup I am using for my network. This is when the error message appears.

As an aid, after an hour or so, it started working correctly again. The next day, back to getting the error message.

I've read somehwere there is a registry entry that "might" fix this error by reducing the time "something" waits. I've also read that hidden processes may be causing the 10 connection limit to be exceeded. Don't know what to believe anymore.

Thanks.

by nepenthe0

From your post, I'm assuming that you have not actually lost any functionality, but are simply seeing an error message popup.

You can suppress that popup if you wish, by a simple Registry edit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows

Create a new DWORD subkey called NoPopupsOnBoot and give it a value of 1. Reboot.

Rick/Portland, OR

by dhamilt01

Has anyone ever had this problem?

Is format and reinstall the only solution?

Thanks.

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