RAS Hides Windows for Workgroups/LAN Manager Servers (96438)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft LAN Manager 2.1
This article was previously published under Q96438 SUMMARY
PROBLEM ID: BUG# 1072
SYMPTOMS
When using Windows for Workgroups (WfW) 3.1 and Remote Access
Service (RAS) 1.1, you may not be able to view WfW or LAN Manager
servers from the WfW File Manager Browse tool bar or the Connect
Network Drive command in File Manager.
CAUSE
Disabling RAS from the WfW Control Panel does not set
MaintainServerList back to its original value, either Auto or Yes.
When RAS is enabled in the WfW Control Panel, it sets the SYSTEM.INI
file to improve WfW performance as follows:
[Network]
MaintainServerList=No
Unless there is an on-the-net WfW server in your workgroup with
MaintainServerList=[Auto|Yes], there will not be a BrowseMaster to
supply a server list to WfW clients. This will result in an empty
list of servers from Connect Network Drive of File Manager.
Also, unless one of these on-the-net BrowseMasters is in your LAN
Manager domain, you won't see LAN Manager servers either. You
should still be able to access servers by entering the servername
and sharepoint manually.
RESOLUTION
In the SYSTEM.INI file, make the following change:
[Network]
MaintainServerList=[Auto | Yes]
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in RAS version 1.1. We
are researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/30/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB96438 |
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