Re: Problem sharing external hard drive



In article <25802AAE-2F41-4F27-8587-AEAC2B729FA4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Shane" <Shane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I am attempting to share an external hard drive between two peer to peer
>networked PCs. I have Windows XP Home running on both machines. I can share
>directories between the two machines fine. When I attempt to share a folder
>on the external hard drive, I receive the following message: Not enough
>server storage is available to process this command.
>
>I looked the error up and read that it may have something to do with a
>Norton setting. The document that i found said to update the registry and
>change the settings of the IRPStackSize value. I tried that, but I am still
>getting the issue.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas of what I could try to get around it?
>
>Thanks!

That registry change, with a value of 15, usually fixes the problem.
Did you do it on the right computer -- the one that's attached
directly to the external hard drive?

Antivirus Software May Cause Event ID 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078

Un-sharing and re-sharing the drive might help.
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