Take the 2-minute tour ×

I go to start\run and type in an address for an existing network share for which I have valid permissions (it worked yesterday).

Today, I get the message: "The name limit for the local computer network adapter card was exceeded."

What does this mean?

share|improve this question
google.com/… –  DanBig Apr 8 '10 at 14:15
add comment

2 Answers

up vote 0 down vote accepted

This KB article seems to have quite a bit of info on this issue including ways to pin it down more definitively and resolve:


(and El Otro Dan's google search link is full of links including this KB article)


share|improve this answer
add comment

Seems like an SMB issue, try to restart the "server" service on the fileserver or tweack the smb settings in the server registry. By the way, how is this server used? nb of users, connections?

share|improve this answer
add comment

Your Answer


