WFWG Err Msg: Error 12: The Access Code Is Invalid

Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q93284

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

If you type "NET VIEW" (without the quotation marks) before the workstation services have been started, the redirector is started, the user is logged on, and then the following error message is displayed:

   Error 12: The Access code is invalid.

The NET VIEW command is not carried out.

STATUS

This problem does not occur in later version of Windows for Workgroups.

MORE INFORMATION

Windows for Workgroups starts the default redirector at MS-DOS if any NET.EXE command is entered (with the exceptions of NET STOP and NET LOGOFF). Windows for Workgroups prompts the user for a logon name and password and then performs the requested function. For example, typing "NET USE x: \\SERVER\SHARE" (without the quotation marks) starts the workstation services, performs a logon for the user, and makes the requested connection.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kberrmsg kbprb
KBSubcategory: wfw wfwg
Additional reference words: 3.10 redir service

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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