Problem backing up to network shares: possible solution

If anybody is having problems backing up to network shares and gets the following error message:

"Not enough server storage is available to process this command"

Here's a solution:

On the computer that the share is on, open the registry editor by going to Start>Run and typing in regedit and then ENTER.

Edit the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\IRPStackSize

If "IRPStackSize" doesn't exist, right click, New>DWORD

Set the value to 50, make sure the base is decimal.

Then reboot your computer.

Here's the Microsoft KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;177078

I had a problem accessing shares that were connected to an external USB hard drive. Might be related to installing Norton Anti-Virus. I'm running Windows XP BTW.

 

Yes, on machines that had Norton AV 2004 and earlier, I've seen this same problem and solution. I don't know if the newer Norton AV's have fixed the problem they created.

 

I had to got to irpstacksize=21 to cure the problem. Seemed to happen all of a sudden for no good reason. No Norton junk running on my PC. I set it at 30 for good measure; maximum is 50.

 

A search on "IRPStackSize" shows 18 pages of results where this has been discussed previously. Don't feel bad, most things posted these days would show similar results!