Microsoft KB Archive/196970

= SBS: Window 95 and Windows 98 Clients Fail When Trying to Net View Server =

Article ID: 196970

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0
 * Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0a

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This article was previously published under Q196970



SYMPTOMS
When you try to use a Windows 95 or Windows 98 client and use the net view command at a command prompt to view the SBS server that has a default installation, this operation fails with the following error message:

Error 234: Additional data is available.



CAUSE
By default, SBS creates a share called Administrator and this share is over 13 characters long. Windows 95 and Windows 98 clients cannot work with shares over 13 characters in length.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

160843 Windows 95/98 Clients Cannot See Long Share Names



RESOLUTION
One possible way to work around this problem would be to remove or shorten the share name on %SystemDrive%\Users Shared Folders\Administrator.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

132593 NET VIEW Err Msg: Error 234: Additional Data Is Available

175530 Windows Computer Is Unable to View a Network Share

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