On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:53:42 +0100, Steven Haynes wrote:
> I understand there is a problem in Windows XP allowing more than 4
> connections, but unsure how to cure it.
The limitation of the number of network connections (actually shared
drives I think but I may be wrong) in XP is in the "Home" edition. It's an
artificial restriction for marketing reasons. The cure is to upgrade to
"Professional" for an outrageous fee. This also does away with the
"activation" bollocks.
Of course some people just get a copy of Professional from a friend who
works for a company with licenses for it, but I could not possibly
recommend such an illegal act.
Or run Linux

Squid is generally included, it's a very capable proxy
server. Linux does not impose any "connection limit".
Regards, Ian