Protocols Major and Minor Version Registry Keys Not Updated

 Last reviewed: February 9, 1998
Article ID: Q158980
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use Srvinfo.exe that ships with the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit against a server that was upgraded to Windows NT 4.0 from a previous version of Windows NT, the protocols may be listed as being from the previous version (even though they were upgraded to the Windows NT 4.0 version of those protocols).

CAUSE

The following keys were not updated during the upgrade process:

WINS CLIENT (TCP/IP)

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NETBT\CurrentVersion\MajorVersion
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NETBT\CurrentVersion\MinorVersion

NETBEUI Protocol

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NBF\CurrentVersion\MajorVersion
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NBF\CurrentVersion\MinorVersion

NWLink NetBIOS

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkNB\CurrentVersion
   \MajorVersion

   NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for
   readability.

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkNB\CurrentVersion
   \MinorVersion

   NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for
   readability.

NWLINK IPX/SPX Compatible Transport

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkIpx\CurrentVersion
   \MajorVersion

   NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for
   readability.

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkIpx\CurrentVersion
   \MinorVersion

   NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for
   readability.

RESOLUTION

Use Registry Editor to change the MajorVersion from 3 to 4 and change the MinorVersion from 51(decimal) to 0. To do this, perform the following steps:

  1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) and edit each of the earlier protocol subkeys to the following: 

          MajorVersion:REG_DWORD:0x4
      MinorVersion: REG_DWORD:0

  2. Quit Registry Editor and restart your computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. 

Keywords          : kbbug4.00 ntsetup NTSrvWkst kbnetwork
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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Last reviewed: February 9, 1998
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