Out of memory

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Hi,

we have a 2003 R2 terminal server with >4GB of RAM and we are struggling to
get more than 20 users on it. The typical user has Outlook 2003, 2xIE6
sessions running a java app and one or more of openoffice,acrobat,MSaccess
db,Office viewer.

Once we get close to 20 users no-one else can logon. Eventlog shows the
following:

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Windows cannot log you on because your profile cannot be loaded. Check that
you are connected to the network, or that your network is functioning
correctly. If this problem persists, contact your network administrator.

DETAIL - Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested
service.
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After doing a bit of research it appears we've hit the 2G/2G kernel space
memory limit for the 32bit architecture. Microsoft's KB247904 suggests that
by using the kernel debugger we can find out if this is the case and which of
the two portions (Paged Address Pool or System Page Table Entry Memory Areas)
of the kernel space is running out of memory and then adjust it.
Unfortunately it says that it only applies to Windows 2000.

Does the above article still apply to 2003 servers? It is closely related to
2000 server, isnt it?

Should I look into this further or is there some other place I should be
looking.

I'd appreciate any references and advice you can offer.

Vic.
.

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