Protocols Major and Minor Version Registry Keys Not Updated When Upgrading from 3.51 to 4.0 (158980)

SYMPTOMS

When you use Srvinfo.exe that ships with the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit against a server that was upgraded to Windows NT 4.0 from a previous version of Windows NT, the protocols may be listed as being from the previous version (even though they were upgraded to the Windows NT 4.0 version of those protocols).

CAUSE

The following keys were not updated during the upgrade process:

WINS CLIENT (TCP/IP)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NETBT\CurrentVersion\MajorVersiHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NETBT\CurrentVersion\MinorVersi

NETBEUI Protocol

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NBF\CurrentVersion\MajorVersiHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NBF\CurrentVersion\MinorVersi

NWLink NetBIOS

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkNB\CurrentVersion \MajorVersi

NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkNB\CurrentVersion \MinorVersion

NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.

NWLINK IPX/SPX Compatible Transport

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkIpx\CurrentVersion \MajorVersi

NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\NwlnkIpx\CurrentVersion \MinorVersion

NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.

RESOLUTION

Use Registry Editor to change the MajorVersion from 3 to 4 and change the MinorVersion from 51(decimal) to 0. To do this, perform the following steps:

Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe) and edit each of the earlier protocol subkeys to the following:
MajorVersion:REG_DWORD:0x4
MinorVersion: REG_DWORD:0
Quit Registry Editor and restart your computer.