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Q126569: Error Message: "VNETSUP: Error 6102"

Article: Q126569
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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After you set up Windows 95 to work in a network environment, you receive the
following error message:

  The following error occurred while loading the device VNETSUP: Error 6102:
  The string specified by the WORKGROUP keyword in the registry is too short.

CAUSE
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The registry was not correctly updated with your workgroup name information
during Setup or when you changed the workgroup name.


RESOLUTION
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To correct this error, follow these steps:

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click the Network icon.

3. On the Identification tab, type the correct workgroup name in the Workgroup
  box.

4. Click OK.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: work group

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3

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