WinLogin Err Msg: "An Error Occurred While Saving Changes..." (90896)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11
  • Microsoft WinLogin
This article was previously published under Q90896

SYMPTOMS

When you run Microsoft WinLogin on a workstation (client) and exit or save the current configuration, you may receive the following error message:
An error occurred while saving changes to Win.ini

CAUSE

This error is displayed if the Microsoft TrueType Font Pack is installed on the workstation running WinLogin. It is caused by the large number of long font names placed in the WIN.INI file by the Microsoft TrueType Font Pack installation.

This error may also occur if a large number of long key entries (on the left side of the equal sign) exist in any section of any .INI file that is being managed by WinLogin.

If the sum of all the characters in all the key entries within a given section, plus one character for each key, exceeds 2046, you receive the following error message when WinLogin saves a standard .INI file:
An error occurred while saving changes to <filename>.ini
This condition is likely to occur when a large number of font entries are added to the [fonts] section of WIN.INI, although if the limit is exceeded in any section of any .INI file managed by WinLogin, the error occurs.

WORKAROUND

To avoid this error, reduce the length or number of entries in the appropriate section of the appropriate .INI file.

MORE INFORMATION

This error prevents updated information in the offending section and any section that follows that section from being saved to the configuration files maintained by WinLogin on the designated network server. Also, if the WinLogin client software is configured to "Log Unknown Settings," these settings are not logged in the appropriate .DIF file. At this time, there are no other known consequences resulting from this error. Moving the offending section to the end of the .INI file minimizes the impact of this error.

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

For more information on WinLogin .INI file limitations, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

winlogin and ini and limit

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:KB90896
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