Client Hangs Accessing Remote Downlevel LAN Manager Server

 Last reviewed: November 6, 1997
Article ID: Q123083
3.50 WINDOWS kbinterop kbbug3.50 kbfix3.50.sp2

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

Under certain circumstances, your Windows NT client stops responding (hangs) when performing disk operations from the command prompt on a remote downlevel LAN Manager server (using Server Message Block (SMB) protocol 1.0).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K

KBCategory: kbinterop kbbug3.50 kbfix3.50.sp2
KBSubcategory: ntinterop ntnetserv
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.50

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Last reviewed: November 6, 1997
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