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Q135144: System Hang Closing MS-DOS Session with Active Network Request

Article: Q135144
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
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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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Your computer stops responding (hangs), or you see a blue screen with an error
message, after you close an MS-DOS session that contains a network command that
is still in progress when you close the session.

CAUSE
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During network operations in an MS-DOS session, your computer may send a request
to another computer that does not respond immediately. The problem stated above
can occur if you close the MS-DOS session, and then the other computer responds
to the network request.

RESOLUTION
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Do not close an MS-DOS session while a network operation is in progress. Wait
for any network command that you issue to finish.

MORE INFORMATION
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If your computer is configured to run login scripts, an MS-DOS window starts
when you log on. Do not close this command window, or the problem stated above
may occur.


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