System Hang Closing MS-DOS Session with Active Network Request

ID: Q135144

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

Your computer stops responding (hangs), or you see a blue screen with an error message, after you close an MS-DOS session that contains a network command that is still in progress when you close the session.

CAUSE

During network operations in an MS-DOS session, your computer may send a request to another computer that does not respond immediately. The problem stated above can occur if you close the MS-DOS session, and then the other computer responds to the network request.

RESOLUTION

Do not close an MS-DOS session while a network operation is in progress. Wait for any network command that you issue to finish.

MORE INFORMATION

If your computer is configured to run login scripts, an MS-DOS window starts when you log on. Do not close this command window, or the problem stated above may occur.

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