Name Resolution Using Lmhosts May Generate System Error 1214

ID: Q219381

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 SP4
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to communicate with a computer listed in the Lmhosts file located on your computer running Windows NT using the NET USE \\computername\share command, you may receive the following error message:

System Error 1214 has occurred/> The format of the specified network name name is invalid.

CAUSE

A number of Netbt.sys drivers have been produced Post-SP4. All of them contained a regression in LMHOSTS parsing. Fixes for the following bugs contained a regression in LMHOSTS parsing:

Q221150 NET USE to 16 Character Dotted-DNS Name May Fail

Q214429 Stop 0xA in Netbt.sys When Querying the DNS for a NetBIOS Name

These hotfixes have all been replaced. Any Post-SP4 Netbt.sys dated prior to 2/25/99 should be replaced.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbnetwork ntsp kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 nt4sp5fix
Version : winnt:4.0,4.0 SP4
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug