10 simultaneous remote user limit in XP SP2

Good day!!!

Need your help guys, just want to ask if it is possible to disable the 10
simultaneous remote user in Windows XP SP2 and how? My client bought
Quickbooks for 20 users and installed it in a license XP SP2, they don't have
enough budget for Server 2003, the problem is they can't maximize the 20,
when they reach the 10 simultaneous users, it blocks the access and a message
appears.

Any help is highly appreciated, more power and god bless.

"PinoyGeek" <PinoyGeek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Good day!!!
>
> Need your help guys, just want to ask if it is possible to disable the 10
> simultaneous remote user in Windows XP SP2 and how? My client bought
> Quickbooks for 20 users and installed it in a license XP SP2, they don't
> have
> enough budget for Server 2003, the problem is they can't maximize the 20,
> when they reach the 10 simultaneous users, it blocks the access and a
> message
> appears.
>
> Any help is highly appreciated, more power and god bless.

Sorry, you cannot remove this restriction. If you have more than
10 users who need concurrent access to a shared resource then
you have to move to a server environment, which is highly
recommended anyway in an office of 20 users. Have a look at
Small Business Server - it's competitively priced and probably
ideal for your environment. It will pay for itself in no time at all
for the following reasons:
- Centralised file storage.
- Centralised file backup.
- Centralised account administration.
- Centralised administration through logon scripting.

PinoyGeek wrote:
> Good day!!!
>
> Need your help guys, just want to ask if it is possible to disable
> the 10 simultaneous remote user in Windows XP SP2 and how? My client
> bought Quickbooks for 20 users and installed it in a license XP SP2,
> they don't have enough budget for Server 2003, the problem is they
> can't maximize the 20, when they reach the 10 simultaneous users, it
> blocks the access and a message appears.
>
> Any help is highly appreciated, more power and god bless.

Windows 98 for the "server."

PinoyGeek wrote:
> Good day!!!
>
> Need your help guys, just want to ask if it is possible to disable the 10
> simultaneous remote user in Windows XP SP2 and how?


Simply disable File & Print Sharing, and de-select the exception for
File & Print Sharing of the Windows Firewall. All remote users
disabled, as requested.


> My client bought
> Quickbooks for 20 users and installed it in a license XP SP2, they don't have
> enough budget for Server 2003, the problem is they can't maximize the 20,
> when they reach the 10 simultaneous users, it blocks the access and a message
> appears.
>

Don't see what this has to do with your question above. Be that as it
may, if your client needs a host machine (server) that supports more
than 10 simultaneous connections, he'll have to replace the workstation
operating system (WinXP) with a server operating system. Period. If he
can't afford a Microsoft Server OS, there's always Linux. It's free.
(Don't know if it can be made to support QuickBooks, though. I rather
doubt it.)


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