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Q121071: No Ports in Print Manager with Services for NetWare Installed

Article: Q121071
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.10
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

3.10

WINDOWS

kbprint

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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With Services for NetWare installed, if you try to create a printer on a remote
machine, the port entries are missing in the Print Manager Create Printer dialog
box.

CAUSE
=====

The NetWare print provider returns ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED instead of
ERROR_INVALID_NAME from EnumPorts().

RESOLUTION
==========

Currently the only resolution is to remove Services for NetWare.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1. This
problem was corrected in Windows NT version 3.5.


Additional query words: prodnt 3.10 Novell gateway client nwcs ncc

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW310 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS310 kbWinNTAdvSerSearch kbWinNTAdvServ310 kbWinNTS310search kbWinNT310Search kbWinNTW310Search
Version           : 3.10

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