NetWare Tools Installs and WFWG Stops Working (90253)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1
This article was previously published under Q90253

SYMPTOMS

After you install Novell's NetWare Tools for Windows, you have no network functionality for Windows for Workgroups.

CAUSE

When you load Netware Tools, it replaces the NETWORK.DRV= line in the [Boot] section of the SYSTEM.INI file. This prevents the Windows for Workgroups network driver, WFWNET.DRV, from being loaded. Without this driver, there is no network functionality for Windows for Workgroups.

WORKAROUND

To fix this problem, you need to specify WFWNET.DRV in the NETWORK.DRV= line of your SYSTEM.INI file.

  1. Open your SYSTEM.INI with at text editor, and change the line from 
          network.drv=netware.drv
    to: 
          network.drv=wfwnet.drv
  2. Save your changes and restart your system. Windows for Workgroups functions correctly.
The Netware Tools product included here is manufactured by Novell, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kb3rdparty kbprb
KBSubcategory: wfw wfwg
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/6/1999
Keywords:KB90253
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