Comments for Windows XP SP2, Skype and Limiting the number of connections

Windows XP SP2, Skype and Limiting the number of connections

2004-08-17T03:08:52Z

VoIP Forum and other Technology Forums: Windows XP SP2, Skype, eMule
I posted this in the VoIP forums and thought it would be useful to blog it as well:

I've noticed some problems with the number of simultaneous connections after installing Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Apparently, as a security measure, Microsoft has limited the number of simultaneous connections to 10 to reduce the spread of viruses such as MSBlast.

As a side effect, this has slowed down many eMule users and I've noticed some issues with my Skype client.

Well, I found a patch for it! It patches the new TCPIP.SYS file in the C:\Windows\system32\drivers directory. It does a simple change to the hex value 10 in the file. more...

Comment from Craig on 2004-09-19

2004-09-20T01:04:32Z

Tried the patch it seemed to work - thanx.

Comment from green on 2005-02-19

2005-02-20T01:13:11Z

sdaf

Comment from Robert KendriK on 2005-07-04

2005-07-04T19:43:32Z

Would someone please send me this patch or link so I can utilize 30+ connections without having to install Windows server. The URL provided has gone extinct - Thanks

Comment from Tom Keating on 2005-07-06

2005-07-06T14:20:41Z

Ask and ye shall receive...

It would appear that the link above is dead since his webserver crashed. He has a mirror site setup. Just go here:
http://mitglied.lycos.de/lvllord/download-mirror.htm

Let me know how it goes.