Six String Theory

7.06.2005

Not enough server storage is available to process this command

I have been trying to map a network drive so I can have access to my mp3 files, over 22g, all legally downloaded of course! I kept getting the following error:

Not enough server storage is available to process this command.


Not enough server storage? Huh? There's plenty of storage space! This is one of those errors that says one thing but means something else entirely. I was able to find KB Article Q177078 for the issue: Antivirus software may cause Event ID 2011. I had switched from Norton to AVG recently (free updates vs. paying for them? I'll take free updates for $0, Alex.) so I figured that was the issue.

This article tells you to add/modify a key in the registry (do so at your own risk!) which I tried. No luck. I set it to a higher value... nope. At this point I'm getting ready to start pulling my hair out and cursing Microsoft.

I did another round of googling and finally found the answer. What the KB article doesn't make clear is that you need to set this registry key on the machine that you are trying to connect to! I had set it on the machine trying to make the connection. Once I made the change on the other machine it worked fine.

Misleading error messages and unclear instructions, no wonder people hate computers!

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