"Saul" <saul@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:14:50 -0800, Ron Martell
> <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>"JR" <JR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I am trying to add a 6th PC to my 5 computer peer-to-peer office network
>>>all
>>>running XP Home. We use two programs that require constant access to a
>>>shared
>>>folder mapped with network drives to the main "server." I found that with
>>>XP
>>>Home, only 5 computers can access the same network resource (in my case a
>>>shared folder) at the same time. The Microsoft support documentation
>>>confirms
>>>this limitation and says XP Pro can support 10 such concurrent users.
>>>
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>>
>>If you upgrade the machine that hosts the shared folder to XP Pro then
>>you will be able to have up to 10 machines accessing that folder. The
>>machines doing the access can be running XP Home or pretty much any
>>other version of Windows (2000, Me, 98SE, 98) and it should all work.
>
>>
>>Good luck
>>
>>Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>
> Excuse me for jumping in here - but you might be able to answer a
> question for me..
>
> Is one way round this 10 user (XP Pro) limit to use LAN storage? Can
> the version of Windows used control access to a LAN storage device the
> way it controls access to shares?
>

Is this a stand alone network storage device or are you talking about a
share on a XP pro pc? A stand alone device that connects directly to the LAN
will have it's own OS. Any limits on connections will be imposed by that OS
and have nothing to do with XP. Most of them use imbedded Linux and have no
limitations. If you are talking about a share on a XP Pro pc then there is
no way around the limit.

Kerry