Updated Vserver.386 File for Windows for Workgroups

ID: Q136418

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups

SYMPTOMS

When you share a folder on a Windows for Workgroups 3.11-based computer, users on UNIX-based computers running the SMBCLIENT Samba network client who connect to the shared folder may have access to the entire drive on which the shared folder is located.

CAUSE

This problem can occur when all of the following conditions exist:

You use the Vserver.386 file included with Windows for Workgroups 3.11.

You use the TCP/IP network protocol.

There are UNIX-based computers on the network.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem in Windows for Workgroups 3.11, follow these steps:

Download the Wfwvsrvr.exe file from one of the online services listed below to an empty directory.

In File Manager, double-click the Wfwvsrvr.exe file to expand the Vserver.386 file it contains.

Quit Windows for Workgroups.

Copy the new Vserver.386 file to the Windows\System directory, overwriting the existing version of the file.

Restart your computer.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Wfwvsrvr.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

Additional query words: 3.11 msnWFWmisc

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Platform : WINDOWS
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