Microsoft KB Archive/111859

= PC WSPlus: Lost Connection to LAN Manager or NetWare Server =

Article ID: 111859

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0a

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This article was previously published under Q111859



SYMPTOMS
If you connect to a Novell NetWare or Microsoft LAN Manager server without establishing a drive letter to that connection, use Schedule+ to open another user's calendar on that server, and then close that calendar (or exits Schedule+), the attachment to that server no longer exists.



CAUSE
Schedule+ does not distinguish between a newly created attachment or universal naming convention (UNC) style connection and an old, pre-existing connection. Thus, when you close another user's appointment book or exit Schedule+, the connection is terminated.



RESOLUTION
Make sure you map a drive letter to your network connection before you open an appointment book.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 1.0 and 1.0a of Schedule+. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



Steps to Reproduce Problem for NetWare Environments

 * 1) Log in to a NetWare file server (ServerA, for example).
 * 2) Either in a login script, or from the an MS-DOS command prompt, connect to another NetWare server using the NetWare ATTACH command (ATTACH ServerB, for example). Do not establish a drive mapping to this second server.
 * 3) From Schedule+, open an appointment book for a user on ServerB.
 * 4) Close the calendar on ServerB.
 * 5) Go to an MS-DOS command prompt and type the NetWare command WHOAMI.

You are only attached to ServerA, the server you originally logged in to.

Steps to Reproduce Problem for LAN Manager Environments

 * 1) Connect to a LAN Manager server and establish a connection with a drive letter designated for the Mail postoffice on ServerA (NET USE M: \\ServerA\, for example).
 * 2) Establish a UNC connection to another LAN Manager server without specifying a drive letter (NET USE \\ServerB\, for example).
 * 3) From Schedule+, open an appointment book for a user on ServerB.
 * 4) Close the calendar on ServerB.
 * 5) Go to an MS-DOS command prompt and type the LAN Manager command NET USE.

You are only attached to ServerA, the server you originally logged in to.

Additional query words: schedule plus 1.00 1.00a dynamic

Keywords: KB111859

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