Microsoft KB Archive/321803

= Cannot Use the Network Monitor Remote Feature in Windows XP =

Article ID: 321803

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q321803



SYMPTOMS
When you are using Network Monitor to connect to a Network Monitor agent on a Windows XP-based computer, you may receive the following error message:

The specified network is invalid: \\  Error 0x80044002



CAUSE
This problem may be caused by an incompatibility in COM threading models between the Network Monitor program and the Network Monitor agent that is included with Windows XP.



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

322389 How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack

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

  Date         Time   Version            Size    File name ---  20-Jun-2002  16:45                      8,825  Netnm.inf 20-Jun-2002 16:49  5.1.2600.48        13,824  Nppagent.exe



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, install and run Network Monitor directly on the appropriate computer.



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 XP Service Pack 1.

Additional query words: netmon

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbenv kberrmsg kbfix kbnetwork kbwinxpsp1fix KB321803

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