Windows 2000 Clients Use Multiple Connections When Mapping Drives to a Single Server (302099)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
This article was previously published under Q302099 SYMPTOMS
A Windows 2000-based client computer that maps multiple drive connections to a single server may cause the server to allocate multiple sessions. The sessions are visible after you reboot the client computer and the drives are automatically reconnected.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the client computer does not reuse its existing connections to the server.
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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09-Jul-2001 15:55 5.0.2195.38 369,200 Mrxsmb.sys
09-Jul-2001 15:55 5.0.2195.38 131,792 Rdbss.sys
NOTE: Apply this hotfix to the Windows 2000-based client computers, not to the server.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/26/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbOSWin2000fix kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB302099 |
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