Knowledge Base

How to Increase Maximum Number of Users for a Chat Room

Article ID: 188267

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

Microsoft Chat 2.1
Microsoft Chat 2.0
Microsoft Chat 2.1
Microsoft Chat 2.0
Microsoft Chat 2.5
Microsoft Chat 2.5
Microsoft Chat 2.5

This article was previously published under Q188267

SUMMARY

This article describes how to increase the maximum number of users for a chat room.

MORE INFORMATION

You can increase the maximum number of users for a chat room if you are the room host. To do so, use any of the following methods:

Room Properties

To increase the number of users for a chat room in Room Properties, follow these steps:

In Chat, enter the chat room for which you want to increase the maximum number of users.
On the Room menu, click Room Properties.
Click the Set Maximum Users check box to clear it for unlimited access, or click the Set Maximum Users check box to select it and type a number up to 10,000 in the Room Properties box to specify a limit of maximum users and click OK.

NOTE: You can type a number between 0 and 10,000 in the Room Properties box. If you type a number larger than 10,000, and then click OK you may receive the following error message:

Please enter an integer between 0 and 10,000.

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) /mode Command

To use the /mode command to increase the maximum number of users for a chat room, type /mode <room name> l <number of members> in the Chat message box, and the press ENTER.

NOTE: You can use a number larger than 10,000 with the /mode command.

For additional information about IRC, IRCX and Microsoft Chat commands, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

187991 MC: IRC, IRCX and Microsoft Chat Commands

Additional query words: 2.00

Keywords: kbhowto KB188267