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Q114839: Net Start Fails When TCP/IP is the Only Protocol

Article: Q114839
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product
Version(s): 1.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 04-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft TCP/IP, version 1.0a 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use TCP/IP as the only network protocol on a Windows for Workgroups
3.11 network installation (using the SETUP /N command), upon starting the
computer, when the NET START command is started and after seeing the banner for
the TCP/IP driver successful load you may receive the following message:

  ERROR 7361: IPX or NetBIOS must be running in order to load the network
  services.

CAUSE
=====

When you install Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in network mode, network
functionality is enabled by default so that the real mode full redirector loads
and the following lines are added :

  AUTOEXEC.BAT :

  NET START

  SYSTEM.INI / [Network]:

  AutoStart=FULL

The TCP/IP protocol needs to load several modules (UMB, TCPTSR, TINYRFC,
NMTSR.EXE, EMSBFR.EXE) after the NDIS2 protocol binding and before the
redirector load, and thus the error message.

WORKAROUND
==========

Edit AUTOEXEC.BAT and replace the line

  NET START

with:

  NET START NETBIND

After the lines that load other modules needed by TCP/IP (UMB, TCPTSR, TINYRFC,
NMTSR.EXE, EMSBFR.EXE) add one of the following lines:

  NET START WORKSTATION

-or-

  NET LOGON

This will correct the binding sequence of both TCP/IP and the redirector. You may
also delete the Autostart=FULL line in SYSTEM.INI and adding a NET START
WORKSTATION line after all TCP/IP components have loaded but this has the
disadvantage that any further modification using the Network Setup applet will
reinsert the AutoStart=FULL line in SYSTEM.INI, thus reenabling the error
condition. On the contrary NET START NETBIND is not modified by the Network
Setup Applet.

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

Additional query words: wfw wfwg 3.11 nttcp ntprotocol

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbTCPIPSearch kbWFWSearch kbWFW310 kbWFW311 kbTCPIP100a
Version           : :1.0a,3.1,3.11

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