WINS Manager: Config. and Replication Partners Menus Disabled (120757)

This article was previously published under Q120757

When using WINS Manager to administer a remote WINS server, you may notice that all menu options are enabled except for the Configuration and Replication Partners options of the Server menu.

Most WINS Manager commands are performed using IP-to-IP (non-NetBIOS) connections. However, the Configuration and Replication Partners options run over RPC which requires NetBIOS sessions (over TCP/IP) to be established. If the NetBIOS connection fails, these two menu items will appear disabled. Similarly, attempting to use Registry Editor to remotely access the computer's Registry will fail because it also relies on an RPC connection to be established. Once a NetBIOS connection is made, these options are enabled.

To fix this problem:

1. Verify that you are a member of the Administrators or Domain Administrators groups and that you are logged in with a proper password.
2. Verify that you are able to get a "Name to IP" resolution of the name of the WINS server you are focused on:
   
   
   1. From the Options menu choose Preferences. Try setting the address display as "Computer Name (IP Address)" and/or "IP Address (Computer Name)" and set the focus again on the remote WINS server by selecting it from the list of WINS servers.
   2. Use the IPCONFIG /ALL command to find the IP addresses of the primary and secondary WINS servers you are consulting. Then enter the IP address and name of the remote WINS server as a static mapping into the database of the primary and secondary WINS servers you are consulting.

NOTE: Verify that all WINS servers are configured with static (not dynamic) IP Addresses; they should not be DHCP clients.