Multiple server connections XP clients using Great Plains

We have 2 XP clients using Great Plains client connecting
to a Small Business Server running SQL 2000. When these
users start up Great Plains they each are using multiple
server connections/sessions which is eating up our
limited license. Our Windows 2000 users only use one
connection but the two XP users are taking up 4 and 7
licenses each. I'm not sure if it is an XP, Great
Plains, SQL or Small Business Server issue.
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msadoff
Thu Nov 06 08:56:56 CST 2003

Hi Dave,

As a test, you could try disabling SMB direct hosting on the server, which
might help limit the number of concurrent connections your client computers
are making. This would only be a workaround, and I cannot guarantee it will
work. If you want to test this approach, create a REG_DWORD value entitled
SMBDeviceEnabled with a value of 0 in the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters. You
have to reboot the server for this to take effect. If that doesn't help,
delete the SMBDeviceEnabled value and reboot, as disabling SMB direct
hosting occasionally causes unintended results.

If disabling SMB direct hosting doesn't reduce the number of licenses your
client computers are using, the only solution is to add more client
licenses. You need a license for each connected device on the network, and,
in many cases, a single computer can count as more than one connected
device (as you've seen here).

Hope this helps

Michael Sadoff
Microsoft SBS Product Support

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