I want to use my window xp professional (service pack 2) as server. But how I can configure it I don’t know. So I need help about this. I need below configuration for server. I have 20 pc excluding my pc. For this I create 20 users in my pc (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5). Now I want to: 01. Share my 200GB HDD from 500 GB with every user. 02. Every user can use 10 GB for file store (FTP). 03. I want to create four deferent groups (A, B, C and D). 05. Every group can access in a due time. (Exam: Group (A) can access their account from 11AM to 02PM) 06. Every group have permission to access internet else (D) group.1 person needs an answerI do too

You cannot use XP as a pseudo-server with so many computers. You need a real server operating system because there are limitations on concurrent inbound connections. XP Pro has a limit of 10 such connections. This limitation is not on users or computers but on connections and each computer can - and often does - make multiple connections to a server or pseudo-server. Besides, with so many workstations management is unwieldy. MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!