Protocols Major and Minor Version Registry Keys Not Updated When Upgrading from 3.51 to 4.0

ID: Q158980

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use Srvinfo.exe that ships with the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit against a server that was upgraded to Windows NT 4.0 from a previous version of Windows NT, the protocols may be listed as being from the previous version (even though they were upgraded to the Windows NT 4.0 version of those protocols).

CAUSE

The following keys were not updated during the upgrade process:

WINS CLIENT (TCP/IP)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NETBT\CurrentVersion\MajorVersion
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NETBT\CurrentVersion\MinorVersion

NETBEUI Protocol

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NBF\CurrentVersion\MajorVersion
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NBF\CurrentVersion\MinorVersion

NWLink NetBIOS

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkNB\CurrentVersion \MajorVersion

NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkNB\CurrentVersion \MinorVersion

NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.

NWLINK IPX/SPX Compatible Transport

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkIpx\CurrentVersion \MajorVersion

NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkIpx\CurrentVersion \MinorVersion

NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.

RESOLUTION

Use Registry Editor to change the MajorVersion from 3 to 4 and change the MinorVersion from 51(decimal) to 0. To do this, perform the following steps:

Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) and edit each of the earlier protocol subkeys to the following:

MajorVersion:REG_DWORD:0x4
MinorVersion: REG_DWORD:0

Quit Registry Editor and restart your computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Keywords : kbnetwork kbbug4.00 ntsetup NTSrvWkst
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug