Incorrect Documentation on WINS Database Backup Interval

 Last reviewed: June 19, 1997
Article ID: Q160471
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SUMMARY

Chapter 8, page 467, of the Windows NT Server 4.0 Networking Guide, "Managing Microsoft WINS Servers," contains the following documentation error. The first paragraph under the section "Backing Up the Database" states the following: 

    WINS Manager provides backup tools so that you can back up the WINS
    database. After you  specify a backup directory for the database, WINS
    performs complete database backups every "three" hours, by installation
    default.
This information is also incorrectly documented in the WINS Manager Help in Windows NT 4.0: 

    Specifies the path to the folder where the backup copies of the
    database are to be stored. If you specify a backup path, WINS
    automatically performs a full backup of its database to this folder
    every 3 hours.
This information is incorrect. After specifying the path, WINS performs a complete database backups every 24 hours.

The Windows NT Server 3.51 WINS Manager Help and the Resource Kit in Volume II, "Networking Guide", Chapter 14, "Installing and Configuring WINS Servers", page 298, first paragraph, correctly documents this information.

Additional query words: prodnt docs docerr
Keywords : ntdocerr NTSrv
Version : 4.0
Platform : WinNT
Issue type : kbdocerr

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Last reviewed: June 19, 1997
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