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Q164211: FPNW Doesn’t Convert the Long File Names Correctly

Article: Q164211
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetworkkbbuglist
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use Windows 95 or Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks to connect to
an FPNW volume that contains directories with long names on a computer running
Windows NT 4.0 Server with Service Pack 2 and FPNW, the clients will not display
the 4.1 directory list correctly.

Below is a sample of a "dir" (directory command) issued at the command prompt.
You can see that the first directory with fewer than 9 characters is used in
place of the 8.3 directory name for every long directory.

Volume in drive I is TESTVOL
Directory of I:
WWWROOT        <DIR>        01-10-97  4:19p 123456789
WWWROOT        <DIR>        01-10-97  4:25p Document1
WWWROOT        <DIR>        01-13-97  8:57a wwwroot
DIR1     TXT            37  01-13-97  9:52a dir1.txt
        1 file(s)             37 bytes
        3 dir(s)   1,999,896,576 bytes free

CAUSE
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This is a regression caused by Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2.

RESOLUTION
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Install the updated Fpnwsrv.sys file.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This
problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack.
For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K


Additional query words: NetWare Net Ware

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbbuglist
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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