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Q122293: LMHOSTS Lookup Can Cause Intermittent System Pauses

Article: Q122293
Product(s): Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT Networking Issues
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft TCP/IP-32 for Windows for Workgroups, version 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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Your computer running Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 with TCP/IP-32
intermittently stops responding (hangs) for about 20 seconds at a time.

This occurs if TCP/IP-32 is installed as a non-default network protocol and the
Enable LMHOSTS Lookup option in Network Setup is checked.

WORKAROUND
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If you do not need to access network servers over a router, you can work around
this problem by clearing the Enable LMHOSTS Lookup check box in Network Setup.

RESOLUTION
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Microsoft has released a new version of VNBT.386 corrects this problem.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in TCP/IP-32. This problem has been
corrected in an updated TCP/IP-32 version 3.11a. For information on the
availability of TCP/IP-32 3.11a, see article Q122544 in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base.

Additional query words: wfw wfwg prodtcp32 1.00 3.11 3.11a tcpip

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbTCPIPSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbTCPIP311

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