NetBIOS Listen Does Not Work If Calling Name Is Set to Anything Other Than "*" (267912)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

This article was previously published under Q267912

SYMPTOMS

If a NetBIOS program is written to listen on any names other than "*", the attempt to listen on the name does not work and returns code NRC_SYSTEM (64) - "A System error occurred."

CAUSE

This problem occurs because of a check by Netbt.sys that assumes that the buffer holding the NetBIOS name is in user-mode memory. However, if a named server is specified by using the NetBIOS emulator, the buffer is actually allocated in kernel memory and the NetBIOS listen call does not succeed.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time    Version        Size    File name
   ----------------------------------------------------
   07/26/2000  04:58p  5.00.2195.2103 142,800 Netbt.sys

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/23/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbWin2000PreSP2Fix KB267912