WINSTART.BAT Won't Load Microsoft LAN Manager Driver (69186)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.0
This article was previously published under Q69186

SUMMARY

You can create a batch file called WINSTART.BAT to load memory-resident utilities in Windows applications. This gives you more conventional memory to run DOS applications under Microsoft Windows version 3.00. Microsoft LAN Manager and some other network drivers will not load properly using WINSTART.BAT. If the network driver does load, an error message is displayed on exit because there is no way to unload the driver.

MORE INFORMATION

If Microsoft LAN Manager is loaded with WINSTART.BAT, you will receive the following error message:
The Workstation has not been started
Error spawning C:\LANMAN.DOS\NETPROG\NETWKSTA.EXE
When the logon command is completed, it will respond with the following error message:
The workstation has already been started
Windows will then display a warning that full API support has not been loaded and the network will be unavailable. The only workaround is to load the network before running Windows.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Windows User's Guide," version 3.00, page 519.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/7/2005
Keywords:KB69186
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