WINS Manager Shows WINS Servers That are Not Present (135844)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q135844

SYMPTOMS

You run WINS Manager, choose Mappings, choose Show Database, and choose WINS Servers. After you delete an entry from the Select Owner List it reappears, even though the WINS Server it defines is no longer involved in WINS replication.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when two or more WINS servers on your network are set up as Push/Pull partners, and one of them is removed.

The replicated database does not get removed from a WINS server when that databases owner is removed from the replication partnership. The Push/Pull relationship keeps the entry active, even though it has been deleted on one computer.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem use the following steps:
  1. On each computer: Stop Push/Pull Replication between all partners.
  2. Using the Delete Owner option in the Show Database dialog, remove the WINS Servers that are no longer present on the network from each WINS Server.
  3. Re-start Push/Pull Replication between all partners.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/7/2003
Keywords:KB135844
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