Direct Cable Connection May Not Work in Localized OSR2

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

SYMPTOMS

When you are running certain localized non-English versions of Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) or OEM Service Release version 2.1 (OSR2.1), attempting to use Direct Cable Connection to connect two computers may not work. You may receive an error message stating that the port is not available.

CAUSE

This problem is known to occur with the following localized versions of Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 and 2.1:

• Swedish



• Finnish



• Danish

RESOLUTION

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

• Swedish:
  MODEM.CPL version 4.00.951 dated 8/13/97 52,352 bytes
• Finnish:
  MODEM.CPL version 4.00.951 dated 4/23/97 53,072 bytes
• Danish:
  MODEM.CPL version 4.00.951 dated 4/23/97 53,104 bytes

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 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

This problem may occur regardless of the cabling type used (null-modem serial cable or bi-directional parallel cable). Other than the update referenced above, there is no known workaround to this problem.

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

Q161020 Implementing Windows 95 Updates

Additional query words: 95

Keywords : kbenv kbtool osr2 win95
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb