Microsoft KB Archive/304719

= DFS Client Does Not Select the Share on a DFS Server in the Same Site =

Article ID: 304719

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q304719



SYMPTOMS
For a domain DFS share that is distributed among DCs and member servers in multiple sites, a DFS client in a site may connect to a share on a computer (either DC or member server) in a different site even thought there is a computer that is hosting the DFS share in the same site.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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

  Date        Time    Version          Size    File name --  4-Sep-2001  13:40   5.0.2195.4280    86,864  Mup.sys

NOTE: This hotfix should be applied on the DFS client 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 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Additional query words: kbBaseOS

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kbenv kbnetwork kboswin2000fix kbhotfixserver KB304719

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