Cannot Log On to Windows NT Domain w/ DNS Name Resolution Only

ID: Q163770

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 1
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 2
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release version 2.1

SYMPTOMS

If a Windows 95 TCP/IP client without WINS or LMHOSTS entries tries to log on to a Windows NT domain over a routed IP network, the logon may not succeed and you may receive an error message similar to the following message:

No domain server was available to validate your password. You may not be able to gain access to some network resources.

CAUSE

To log on to a Windows NT domain, clients must be able to resolve the domain<1C> NetBIOS name. Windows 95 clients can resolve only NetBIOS names ending in <00> and <20> when using DNS.

RESOLUTION

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


   VNBT.386  version 4.00.957  dated 12/12/96  95,481 bytes

A version of this file that also resolves this problem is included in the Windows Sockets 2.0 Update for Windows 95. For information about obtaining this update, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q182108 Availability of Windows Sockets 2.0 for Windows 95

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

If you receive this error message when you dial into a remote network, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q154434 Err Msg: No Domain Controller Was Available to Validate...

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

Q168747 Update to Windows 95 TCP/IP to Address Out-of-Band Issue

Q152791 Error Message: No Domain Server Was Available...

Q141514 Wrong IP Address Chosen from WINS Server

Q154434 Err Msg: No Domain Controller Was Available to Validate...

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

Q161020 Implementing Windows 95 Updates

Keywords : kberrmsg kbnetwork osr2 win95
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb