LMHOSTS Lookup Can Cause Intermittent System Pauses

Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
Article ID: Q122293

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft TCP/IP-32 for Windows for Workgroups, version 3.11

SYMPTOMS

Your computer running Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 with TCP/IP-32 intermittently stops responding (hangs) for about 20 seconds at a time.

This occurs if TCP/IP-32 is installed as a non-default network protocol and the Enable LMHOSTS Lookup option in Network Setup is checked.

WORKAROUND

If you do not need to access network servers over a router, you can work around this problem by clearing the Enable LMHOSTS Lookup check box in Network Setup.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has released a new version of VNBT.386 corrects this problem.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in TCP/IP-32. This problem has been corrected in an updated TCP/IP-32 version 3.11a. For information on the availability of TCP/IP-32 3.11a, see article Q122544 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Additional reference words: wfw wfwg prodtcp32 1.00 3.11 3.11a wfw tcpip
KBCategory: kbnetwork kbbug3.11 kbfixTCP/IP-32a
KBSubcategory: nttcp

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Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
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