Increase the Connection Limit on Windows XP For IIS 5

Windows XP Professional runs IIS version 5.1, which comes with a 10 connection limit. Often that's not enough when you are testing a site from multiple browsers (or multiple locations). You can easily increase the limit to the hardcoded maximum: 40 connections.

Make a command prompt window (Click---> start) -----> (Click ---> run) , (Type : ----> cmd.exe) and issue these commands.

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cd \inetpub\adminscripts cscript adsutil.vbs set w3svc/MaxConnections 40 iisreset

The first command connects you to the adminscripts folder. The second command runs a script that sets the MaxConnections value in the IIS metabase to 40 (the maximum allowed). The third command (iisreset) shuts down and then restarts IIS.