Deleted Windows Internet Name Service Records Return to Database (287732)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q287732

SUMMARY

When you delete the records from a Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) database by using WINS Manager, the records can be displayed again after you stop and restart any servers that run WINS.

MORE INFORMATION

When you delete many WINS records, for example, you perform a deleted owner operation, the records are deleted from the WINS Manager display, then they are queued for deletion in the WINS database. If WINS is stopped and restarted soon after the records are deleted, the delete operation is purged from the queue and the records can be displayed again when WINS is restarted.

When you delete records in WINS, do not immediately stop the WINS service, especially on a WINS server that has many replication partners, as the deletion operation can be queued behind current replication operations. You may have to wait 30 minutes or more for all other pending processes to complete and for the deletion operation to be performed.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/18/2006
Keywords:kbenv kbinfo kbWINS KB287732
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