Phill, Thanks for your replies.

I've tried both EM and sp_start_job from QA when I have 8 jobs running. Neither method will start a ninth job.

In each step of the...

Windows Server 2003

SQL Server 2000 Enterprise with SP4

There is a master job which is scheduled, it has steps that start jobs using sp_start_job.

Trying to start the jobs manually gives the...

Thanks Phil. I found that, too, but it references the same MS article. I've quadrupled the parameters in the registry discussed by the article, and still am limited...

The article specifies Worker Threads, but not, specifically, SQL Jobs. Using the article, I increased the threads, and still have the same problem. What is more confusing is...

Found it. For anyone else who may be interested...

' Add the input parameter and set its properties.

Command.Parameters.Add("@SKU", SqlDbType.VarChar).Value = SKU

Command.Parameters.Add("@Price", SqlDbType.Float).Value...

This works great, but what about the direction?  Does it not have to be specified?