Problems If NetWare Server Allows More Than 256 Users

ID: Q152401

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you use a Windows 95 workstation to log on to a Novell NetWare 3.x or 4.x server that allows more than 256 users, you may experience one or both of the following symptoms:

The Windows 95 workstation may return an incorrect connection number for more than 256 connections.

Another user's name may appear on the banner page when you print a document to a NetWare Print Server.

CAUSE

The Microsoft Login Script Processor for NetWare (NWLSPROC) incorrectly reports the number of connections if that number is greater than 256. This causes some users to receive an incorrect connection ID.

RESOLUTION

This issue is resolved by the following updated file for Windows 95 and OSR2, and later versions of this file:

For the Bindery (non-NDS) version of the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks:
```
      NWLSPROC.EXE  version 4.00.952  dated 5/20/96  71,680 bytes 
```

For the NDS version of the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks (Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services):
```
      NWLSPROC.EXE  version 4.00.970  dated 5/20/96  84,480 bytes 
```

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2). An update to address this problem is now available, but is not fully regression tested and should be applied only to computers experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft does not recommend implementing this update at this time. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for additional information about the availability of this update.

This issue is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.

MORE INFORMATION

When you send a print job to a NetWare Print Server, the connection ID is used to determine the name that is printed on the banner page. If the connection ID is incorrect, the wrong name may be printed on the banner page.

For additional information about issues resolved by updates to this component, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q147873 Semicolon Not Processed Correctly in NetWare Login Script

For additional information about Windows 95 updates, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161020 Implementing Windows 95 Updates

Keywords : win95
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb