Error Using Microsoft Network Client SOCKETS.EXE

Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
Article ID: Q129986

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS, version 3.0

If the Microsoft Network Client is configured to use the TCP/IP protocol, and you try to start the SOCKETS.EXE program, the following error message may appear:

   SOCKETS0101: The value for keyword HOSTNAME not found in TCPUTILS.INI
   file by SOCKETS.
   (not loaded)

This message appears because SOCKETS is looking for a host name in the TCPUTILS.INI file. To run SOCKETS, manually enter a host name.

In the TCPUTILS.INI file, add the following line to the [tcpglobal] section:

   hostname=<hostname>

where <hostname> is a valid host name (but any value will allow SOCKETS.EXE to start).

KBCategory: kbnetwork
KBSubcategory: ntinterop nttcp
Additional reference words: 3.00 workgroup

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Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
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