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Q172594: Cannot Connect to Server with 15 Characters and Period in Name

Article: Q172594
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 2,2.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbnetwork osr2 win95kbfixlist
Last Modified: 25-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 2, 2.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are using Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 or 2.1 (OSR2) and you
attempt to connect to an SMB server with a 15-character name that contains a
period as one of the characters, you may receive the following error message:

  The network name cannot be found.

If the server name contains only 14 characters with a period, or 15 characters
with no period, the operation proceeds normally.

CAUSE
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There is a problem with the Microsoft Client for Microsoft Networks (VRedir)
that is included with OSR2. The problem occurs when the client parses server
names that contain a period; server names that contain a period are treated as
too long if they exceed 14 characters in length.


RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, rename the server so that the name does not contain
a period, or is shorter than 15 characters.

STATUS
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This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install
the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of
Windows, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows.

MORE INFORMATION
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Additional query words: 95

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbnetwork osr2 win95 kbfixlist
Technology        : kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbWin95OPKOSR2 kbWin95OPKOSR210
Version           : :2,2.1

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