KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q69186: WINSTART.BAT Won’t Load Microsoft LAN Manager Driver

Article: Q69186
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-OCT-1999

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY
=======

You can create a batch file called WINSTART.BAT to load memory-resident
utilities in Windows applications. This gives you more conventional memory to
run DOS applications under Microsoft Windows version 3.00. Microsoft LAN Manager
and some other network drivers will not load properly using WINSTART.BAT. If the
network driver does load, an error message is displayed on exit because there is
no way to unload the driver.

MORE INFORMATION
================

If Microsoft LAN Manager is loaded with WINSTART.BAT, you will receive the
following error message:

  The Workstation has not been started
  Error spawning C:\LANMAN.DOS\NETPROG\NETWKSTA.EXE

When the logon command is completed, it will respond with the following error
message:

  The workstation has already been started

Windows will then display a warning that full API support has not been loaded and
the network will be unavailable. The only workaround is to load the network
before running Windows.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here as it
becomes available.

REFERENCES
==========

"Microsoft Windows User's Guide," version 3.00, page 519.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a win30

======================================================================
Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.