Q109102: LM NETWKSTA.EXE Doesn’t Load in UMA for MS-DOS 6.2 Client
Article: Q109102
Product(s): Microsoft LAN Manager
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Last Modified: 30-JUL-2001
SYMPTOMS
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The Microsoft LAN Manager client workstation redirector (NETWKSTA.EXE) can be
loaded in the upper memory area under MS-DOS 5.0 and 6.0, but not if you upgrade
to MS-DOS 6.2.
This problem is verified on LAN Manager versions 2.20, 2.20a and 2.20b.
CAUSE
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The problem was traced to the LAN Manager redirector source code, which was not
allowing the redirector to be loaded high for MS-DOS 6.2.
During an optimization test under MS-DOS 6.2 that showed 129K of upper memory
available and one contiguous upper memory block as large as 94K, a NETWKSTA.EXE
that loaded properly under MS-DOS 5.0 and 6.0 still did not load completely in
upper memory.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem and hotfix CSD00.073 is provided to
fix it. Contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix.
Additional query words: 2.0 2.00 2.20a 2.2a 2.20b 2.2b MS-DOS msdos 6.2 dos-client dosclient EMM386
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