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Q268155: NetBIOS Name Resolution May Be Slow or Stop Working

Article: Q268155
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 1,2,2.1,2.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): osr2 kbWinsock kbWin95
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 1, 2, 2.1, 2.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you perform a NetBIOS name query on a computer, the query may be slow or
may not work. This may cause you program or session to time out on the client
computer.

CAUSE
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This issue can occur if the following conditions exist:

- You are trying to resolve a NetBIOS name.

- The name exists in a different domain that the domain in which the querying
  computer is located.

- Multiple domain-suffix search-order entries are specified in TCP/IP
  properties.

For example, assume that you are trying to ping a computer named Remote in the
<Name1>.com domain and that your computer is located in the
<Name2>.com domain. Windows attempts to resolve the NetBIOS name in the
<Name2>.com domain only. Windows may then later be able to resolve the
name when it queries the <Name1>.com domain by using the fully qualified
domain name (FQDN); this may occur up to a few minutes after you start the
query.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue, download and install the Winsock 2 update for Windows 95.
For additional information about how to download and install this update, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q182108 Availability of Windows Sockets 2.0 for Windows 95

Additional query words: DNS

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Keywords          : osr2 kbWinsock kbWin95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin95OPKOSR2 kbWin95OPKOSR25 kbWin95OPKOSR1 kbWin95OPKOSR210
Version           : :1,2,2.1,2.5
Issue type        : kbprb

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