Peer-to-peer maximum number

[Carmen]

Does anyone know how many peer-to-peer sations can be
added using Windows XP home edition. I received an e-
mail stating that it's a maximum of 5 but the help menu
states 10. Anyone know what the correct number is?

[BobC]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:36:42 -0800, Carmen wrote:

> Does anyone know how many peer-to-peer sations can be
> added using Windows XP home edition. I received an e-
> mail stating that it's a maximum of 5 but the help menu
> states 10. Anyone know what the correct number is?

XP Home maximum 5 concurrent sessions
XP Pro maximum 10 concurrent seesions
Win2K maximum 10 concurrent sessions

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

In article >, "Carmen"
> wrote:
>Does anyone know how many peer-to-peer sations can be
>added using Windows XP home edition. I received an e-
>mail stating that it's a maximum of 5 but the help menu
>states 10. Anyone know what the correct number is?

There's no limit to the number of computers on a peer-to-peer network
with Windows XP Home Edition.

A Windows XP Home Edition computer allows a maximum of 5 other
computers to connect to its shared resources simultaneously. Windows
XP Professional allows a maximum of 10 other computers to connect to
its shared resources simultaneously. Computers that aren't actively
connected to a computer's shared resources don't count against the
limit. When a computer disconnects from a shared resource, it no
longer counts against the limit. See this site for more information:

Inbound Connections Limit in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314882
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