No Ports in Print Manager with Services for NetWare Installed

 Last reviewed: August 20, 1996
Article ID: Q121071
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

With Services for NetWare installed, if you try to create a printer on a remote machine, the port entries are missing in the Print Manager Create Printer dialog box.

CAUSE

The NetWare print provider returns ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED instead of ERROR_INVALID_NAME from EnumPorts().

RESOLUTION

Currently the only resolution is to remove Services for NetWare.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1. This problem was corrected in Windows NT version 3.5.

KBCategory: kbprint kbbug3.10 kbfix3.50
KBSubcategory: ntprint NTSrvWkst
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.10 Novell gateway client nwcs ncc

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Last reviewed: August 20, 1996
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