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by nency.jariwala

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Hi to all.
In my office there is a server withsbs 2003.
About 10 users are connected to it But occationalt one of the user can't access its folder on sbs.After some time without do anything it run well.On that user without him everybody can login in.Why do this.Sba can't connect more than 10 users at a time.
Thanks in advance. Hope I will get a answer from you as soon as possible.

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by oh smeg

The problem here may be that the Server is having more than the Licensed number of machines connecting to it and that is the problem.

If you would like to give more details about the system and the nature of the problem someone may be able to offer some more assistance but honestly without knowing more information about the system it's impossible to offer any more advice.

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by nency.jariwala

i think the license is there.
The informstion about which pc. Server or client.

The problem is there for some time one user can't connect on sbs of all pc available in office.on his pc without he everybody can access sbs.
After half an hour the problem solved automatically.And some other user had same problem.

Now you will understand.no than how can I understand you, tell me.

by oh smeg

If you have more than that you need to add additional Licenses.

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by 1bn0

Check your license limit. SBS is limited to 75 licensed user.(or devices, depending on license mode chosen.)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/faq/prodinfo.mspx#E4

Question 9.

Q. How many employees is SBS 2003 R2 suitable for? When would you recommend a more robust solution?

A.
SBS 2003 R2 is targeted at businesses with up to 75 users or devices. When a business gets close to the upper limit of 75 users or devices, it’s time to consider moving to the standalone versions of the SBS product technologies: Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition, and SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition. These solutions will run on midsize hardware (four processors, 4 GB RAM for Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition) and are capable of intricate Active Directory configuration and management functions. If a customer has invested in SBS 2003 R2 and is at or near the 75-user or -device limit, consider investing in the SBS Transition Pack, which allows them to convert to standalone versions of the software and move to hardware that will scale with the workload. For more information on the Transition Pack, visit http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/techinfo/planning/transition.mspx.

If the server sees ten and you are only licensed for ten the next user wont authenticate.

The only other time I have seen this kind of issue is when a user leaves a mchine looged on all the time and there password expires during that time. They attempt to log on to another workstation , or print through the print serve rand nothing works.

Usually by this point there account has locked out and the password must be reset manually to re-enable their access.

Thats still an authentication issue.

You can't authenticate if the password has expired or the account has locked out from another workstation.

by nency.jariwala

As you say that the password was expired than why after half or one hour that user can access as well.
I think this issue from hardware side.Becase only four user who connected with same ethernate switch.That I conclude far away.It may be true.Because without these four the problem not occur with other.

So Is that possible the switch is disable for sometimes & after then it work as well as before.

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