MSNDS Client Does Not Prompt to Log On

ID: Q158058

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Microsoft NetWare Directory Services client (MSNDS) to connect to a Novell NetWare version 3.x or 4.x server, you may not receive a prompt to log on.

CAUSE

MSNDS performs a Get Nearest Server NCP query rather than a Get General Server NCP query. A Get General Server query is issued by a Windows 95 client only if a Get Nearest Server query does not report any NetWare servers. In this case, MSNDS should perform a Get General Server NCP query instead.

RESOLUTION

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

For the NDS version of the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks (Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services) only:
NWREDIR.VXD version 4.00.972 dated 10/21/96 174,618 bytes

This version of the NWREDIR.VXD file is compatible only with the Microsoft NetWare Directory Services client. It does not work with the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks (without the Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services installed).

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

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

Q177222 NetWare Printers or Volumes Unavailable in Windows 95

Q165402 Windows 95 Update to Encrypt Passwords in Memory

Q163673 "Exception 0E" Using MSNDS Over Dial-Up Connection

Q160897 NWRedir Reports Incorrect Free Space If Limited by Admin

Q160824 MSNDS Drops Connections to More Than Eight Servers

Q153470 Incorrect Error Code Returned for Locked Files

Q152186 Possible Network Data Corruption If Locking Not Used

Q151912 NWRedir Returns Cached File Size Information

Q149606 Fatal Exception 0E in VNETBIOS Using NetWare Login Script

Q147838 Cannot Access Folders with Long File Names on NetWare Servers

Q143282 No Documents Appear in the File Open Dialog Box

Q139747 MS-DOS-Based Program Reports Not Enough NetWare Server Space

Q136303 Connecting to Schedule+ 1.0 Calendar File Drops Connections

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

Q161020 Implementing Windows 95 Updates

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