Problem sharing external hard drive

20 Dec 2005 7:50 PM

Shane

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!

20 Dec 2005 9:21 PM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <25802AAE-2F41-4F27-8587-AEAC2B729***@microsoft.com>,
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"Shane" <Sh***@discussions.microsoft.com> 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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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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21 Dec 2005 12:35 AM

Shane

Thank you!!! That was the part I did wrong!

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"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <25802AAE-2F41-4F27-8587-AEAC2B729***@microsoft.com>,
> "Shane" <Sh***@discussions.microsoft.com> 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.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>