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SYMPTOMSWhen you are using Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 or 2.1 (OSR2) and you attempt to connect to an SMB server with a 15-character name that contains a period as one of the characters, you may receive the following error message: If the server name contains only 14 characters with a period, or 15 characters with no period, the operation proceeds normally. CAUSE
There is a problem with the Microsoft Client for Microsoft Networks
(VRedir) that is included with OSR2. The problem occurs when the client
parses server names that contain a period; server names that contain a
period are treated as too long if they exceed 14 characters in length.
RESOLUTIONThis issue is resolved by the following updated file for Windows 95 and OSR2, and later versions of this file:
To work around this problem, rename the server so that the name does not contain a period, or is shorter than 15 characters. 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.
MORE INFORMATIONFor additional information about issues resolved by updates to this component, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q183493 Batch File Calling CD Command May Not Run on HPFS 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
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