Article ID: 179483 - Last Review: February 22, 2007 - Revision: 2.1

Error Msg: No More Connections Can Be Made At This Time

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SYMPTOMS

If you are using a computer that is running Windows NT or later, you may receive the following error message:
No more connections can be made at this remote computer at this time because there are already as many connections as the computer can accept.
If you are using a computer that is running Windows 95, you may receive the following error message:
This request is not accepted by the network. Try again later.
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CAUSE

You may be attempting to connect to a share that is configured to allows a specific number of connections, and that number of connections has been reached. Check the properties on the share on the server.
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RESOLUTION

If the specified number of connections has been reached, increase the user limit or set the value to "maximum allowed."
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MORE INFORMATION

There are several other parameters that you can check when troubleshooting a problem with limited connections to the computer.
  • Verify that the computer is running a retail version of Windows NT or later. To verify this, check the Licensing tool in Control Panel and make sure that the following message does not appear:
    Not available in NFR (Not for Resale)/MSDN Edition of Windows NT Server.
  • The server may be configured with Per Server licensing and the number of licenses may be exhausted. A quick check to see if this is the problem would be turn off the License Logging Service on the computer.
  • Check to see if the server was configured by upgrading a computer running Windows NT Workstation to Windows NT Server. If it was, the following registry parameter may need to be increased from a hex value of 0xa (10) to 0xFFFFFFFF:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanManServer\Parameters\Users
For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
122925  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/122925/EN-US/ ) Upgrading From Workstation to Server Limited to 10 Connections
122920  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/122920/EN-US/ ) Inbound Connections Limit in Windows NT Workstation 3.5x & 4.0
149522  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/149522/EN-US/ ) System Error 71 and License Manager
148967  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/148967/EN-US/ ) Err Msg: 'This Request Not Accepted by Network' on WFWG Client
130631  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130631/EN-US/ ) Client License Assignment in Per Server Mode
156431  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/156431/EN-US/ ) XADM: Error 71 When Using NT Server from MSDN Select CD
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 95
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