Thanks for your reply tom.
Your right, mapping drives isn't required, but still suffers the connection limit.
;)
Tom van Stiphout <tom7744@no.spam.cox.net> wrote in message news:<bbfbqvoctc95ulc3emi40q0l8r428tqmoc@4ax.com>. ..[color=blue]
> On 2 Nov 2003 17:12:15 -0800,
westmj@hotmail.com (Michael) wrote:
>
> Your server may be running Windows 2000 Pro, which has some
> limitations that Win2K Server does not. It may also be a licenses
> issue; check out the Licenses applet in Control Panel (if any). Also
> check with Event Viewer for more detailed messages.
>
> Mapping drives is not needed. Just link everyone to
> \\servername\sharename\. It's safer too, but may suffer from the same
> restriction.
>
> -Tom.
>
>
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> >Hi everyone :)
> >
> >I have a split database with the backend on a shared folder which
> >users access through the LAN. The front end sits on their hard
> >drives.
> >
> >Apparently windows 2000 has a limit of 10 connections to shared
> >drives. When mapping the drives I can only get 7 people out of the 9
> >I require before I start getting messages telling me the connection
> >limit has been reached. I am told this is because windows counts
> >other 'things' as connections not just users connecting through mapped
> >drives.
> >
> >My question is: has anyone experienced the same thing, and what did
> >you do to overcome the problem.
> >
> >I can install windows 98 on the host machine which doesn't have the
> >same restriction, but this isn't likely to happen as it is against our
> >procedures.
> >
> >Can anyone think of anything else?[/color][/color]
access in a shared folder 
