Bypass 10 users connection limit on shared folder in Windows XP

Method 1:
create a file in notepad put the following in it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters]
"autodisconnect"=dword:00000000

save it as server.reg

Now double click on that. It will change an entry in the registry that basically disconnects people as soon as they aren't immediately active.  This greatly decreased our issues with the 10 user limit.

Supposedly it is just 10 users trying to connect at the same time. The problem is the Timeout value on a connection is by default higher than 0 so even if I just connected then got off, I'm still a connection until it times out. The about reg file will fix that issue.

Method 2:
Download the patch (at your own risk) for the tcpip.sys file from:
http://www.lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=downloads