WINS Partner Registry Settings May Be Deleted

ID: Q151306

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51

SYMPTOMS

User-defined WINS partner registry settings are deleted after you double- click the OK button in the WINS Replication Partners dialog box.

CAUSE

The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wins\Partners key has two subkeys, \Pull and \Push, under which are subkeys for the IP addresses of all push and pull partners, respectively, of the WINS server. When you click the OK button in the WINS Replication Partners dialog box, the registry keys above are flushed and reset to default values. The keys are immediately re-created and only default values are reset.

RESOLUTION

Obtain the latest U.S. Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: 3.50

Keywords : nttcp
Version : winnt: 3.50 3.51
Platform : winnt
Issue type :