Debugging WINS Server Service Event ID 4179 (153740)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
This article was previously published under Q153740 SYMPTOMS
The WINS Server Service fails to start and the following error message
appears in the system event log:
Event ID 4179
WINS Could not create the notification socket. Make sure the TCP/IP
driver is installed and running properly.
CAUSE
During the WINS Server service initialization, the service checks for the
port number that the Name service will bind to. The service does this by
calling the GetServByName API. This API must locate the Services file under
System32\Drivers directory. If the Services file is missing, the
GetServByName API will fail. The result is that the WINS Service will raise
an exception indicating that the service could not create the notification
socket. This exception will be logged in the error log as Event ID 4179.
RESOLUTION
Make sure that the Services file is in the System32\Drivers directory.
The Services file provides service-name-to-port-ID resolution for Windows
Sockets applications.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 6/23/2005 |
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| Keywords: | KB153740 |
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