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Q106367: WinPopup Message Incorrectly States Message Was Sent

Article: Q106367
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 02-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you try to send a WinPopup message to a user or computer that does not exist
on the network or to yourself, you receive the following error message:

  An error occurred while sending the message. The message alias cannot be
  found on the local-area network.

However, if you send a WinPopup message to a workgroup that is not on the
network, you do not receive an error message; instead, you are informed that the
"message was successfully sent" even though this is not the case.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows for Workgroups
version 3.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here
as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Open WinPopup.

2. From the Messages menu, choose Send.

3. In the To box, select Workgroup.

4. In the text box, insert an invalid workgroup name (for example, "INVALID").

  NOTE: The Browse button is not accessible for workgroup names; it is available
  only for user and computer names.

5. Choose OK.

The following message appears even though the workgroup INVALID does not exist:

  The message was successfully sent.

Additional query words: 3.11 error message misleading wrong incorrect confusing nonexistent grey gray greyed grayed

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWFWSearch kbWFW311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.11

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