COMPAQ DualSpeed Token Ring Card Gives Error #5

ID: Q91117

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Workgroup Connections, version 1.0
Microsoft Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS, version 3.11

SYMPTOMS

With Workgroup Connections or Workgroup Add-On for MS-DOS installed for the basic or full redirector, the NET START command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file produces the following error message when you are using a COMPAQ 32-bit DualSpeed Token Ring card and a Proteon 1990 card:

Error #5, access denied.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, replace the "net start" line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file with the following lines.

net start netbind
pause
net start netbeui
net start full (or basic)

You can achieve the same results by typing the following at the command line:

net stop netbeui
net start netbeui
net start full (or basic)

Additional query words: 3.11 Proteon 1 1.0 1.00 err msg dual speed

Keywords :
Version : :1.0; MS-DOS:3.11
Platform : MS-DOS
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