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    WinXP file sharing

    Peer to peer network, some XP, some 98. Alpha tables used to reside on 98 machine, runtime 4.03 on users systems. Worked fine. 98 machine too slow and small, upgraded to very fast p4 512meg, etc. Win XP home. Copied all Alpha files to new folder on new machine, in root directory, everyone has r/w access, simple file sharing. Problem: after 2 folks 'log in' (using runtime package on their PC's) third user just hangs. Gets Alpha splash screen, progress bar runs to completion and that's it. I have devel. package on my machine (4.5) does same thing. If two folks already using files on 'file server", I can't get access. No errors on any machine. I also run UPS Worldship on these machines, tables on 'file server'. No problem. 4,5,6 users, all get access. And it all worked on the old 98 machine. Some unknown interaction between Alpha and XP. Any ideas ?
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    RE: WinXP file sharing

    Are there other users connected to this "server" that are not using Alpha? XP Pro allows 10 network users, XP Home only allows 5. (see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314882). It sounds like you are hitting this limitation, which Wondows 98 does not have.

    -Lenny

    Lenny Forziati
    Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
    Alpha Software Corporation

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      RE: WinXP file sharing

      No. We only use it for UPS and Alpha (as well as system backups which only run at night). Kicking everyone and everything off got me up to three Alpha users. Going to Control Panel/Administration/etc./shared folders shows only three users, no hidden stuff. I have a multi-user license for Win XP Pro (without SP1, thank you Microsoft...) so I can try an upgrade (with 80 meg download of SP1). I knew about the 10 user limit of XP Pro, didn't realize Home had only 5. Does the limit apply to specific folders or shares in general ? I will never have more than 5 Alpha users, may have a few more folks hooked into UPS. A little disappointing that I got no error messages.

      At least it's a start. Thanks.

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        RE: WinXP file sharing

        "i"Does the limit apply to specific folders or shares in general ? I will never have more than 5 Alpha users, may have a few more folks hooked into UPS."/i"

        If you take a look at the MS URL I posted above, you can see their full explanation about what counts as a connection. But in short, if you have 3 UPS users and another 2 Alpha users, the third Alpha user would be counted as the 6th connection and therefore be denied by XP.

        Lenny Forziati
        Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
        Alpha Software Corporation

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          RE: WinXP file sharing

          Thank you Microsoft. Still had problems with only three connections (at least that's what shared folders said) would not let another one in. I can get into UPS with three Alpha users, but not into Alpha. So XP is still turning a knob somewhere. During initial database open, could Alpha somehow count as more than one user ? It should access only one shared folder on the file system.

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            RE: WinXP file sharing

            "upgraded" to XP Pro to get around the 5 user limit. Still no good. XP users (2) can usually get access to A5, 98 users are hit or miss. No one else accessing anything, XP Admin tools/Comp Mgmt/Shared Folders shows only 2 or 3 active connections, so I haven't hit that limit. UPS Worldship works for all users, so I think this is an A5 problem. Runtime (build 230) loads OK, when opening database, can see folder and .adb file. Dbl click and A5 hangs. No network activity. Have to use Task Manager to terminate it. And the very same setup worked fine when the files were stored on a 98se system. A5 must expect a slightly different response than XP provides.

            I'm open to suggestions.

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