Printer Manager and Critical Errors Can Halt Servers

• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1

SUMMARY

There are two known problems that can temporarily halt server operation in Windows for Workgroups.

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Print Manager Menus

If you activate a menu in Print Manager on the server machine, all print jobs temporarily stop spooling. Once the menu is closed, spooling resumes. No other shared resources are affected.

Critical Errors in MS-DOS or Windows

Critical errors on the server machine, those that cause the system to halt until the error is resolved, stop all network communication. Critical errors in MS-DOS Prompt sessions and in Windows usually result in the options Abort, Retry or Fail. Once you respond to one of the options and the critical error has been resolved, all network communication will resume.

If the server is also the browse-master for its workgroup, other users attempting to browse will notice a long delay before a connection or network settings dialog box appears.

The server automatically ignores critical errors that happen on remote clients, and returns an appropriate error code to the client that encountered the error (Fail).