Q136199: NetWare Programs Fail to Run and Display Error Messages

Article: Q136199
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.1 3.5 3.51 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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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 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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On your computer running Windows NT, when you try to run a NetWare program using
Client Services for NetWare (CSNW) or Gateway Services for NetWare (GSNW), your
NetWare program fails and displays an error message.

The following are examples of common NetWare programs that fail to run and the
resulting error messages that appear:

  SLIST.EXE:

  Error reading server names (-30719)

  VOLINFO.EXE, SYSCON.EXE, PCONSOLE.EXE, SESSION.EXE:

  You are not logged into file server. You must be logged in to use this
  utility.

  FCONSOLE.EXE:

  File server is running advanced NetWare version 0.00.0. This utility requires
  advanced NetWare version 2.10.0 or greater

  CHKVOL.EXE:

  The specific volume not found

  MAP or CAPTURE:

  Warning: Unexpected error 4, error code 8801

  -or-

  Error: unexpected error 0x89ff during <API call name>

CAUSE
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Your network redirector is not loaded.

RESOLUTION
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To solve this problem, load the network redirector before you run the Netware
program.

The redirector is automatically installed when you install GSNW or CSNW, but is
not automatically loaded into memory. To load the network redirector
automatically through your AUTOEXEC.NT file, which is in the
%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32 directory, follow the example of this AUTOEXEC.NT file:

@echo off
break on
REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a REM
different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

REM Install network redirector
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\nw16
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\vwipxspx


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Version           : 3.1 3.5 3.51 4.0

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