Microsoft KB Archive/76531

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Windows Err Msg: Cannot Connect Printers...

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Q76531

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

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SYMPTOMS
When you choose the Printers icon from the Control Panel in Windows, you may receive the error message:

Cannot connect printers because the [ports] section of the WIN.INI file is missing; Choose cancel and edit the WIN.INI file or choose OK to continue.

CAUSE
This error message may be caused by one of the following:

  The [ports] section of the WIN.INI file is missing. If this is the case, make sure you have a section in the WIN.INI file, as follows:      [Ports] LPT1:= LPT2:= LPT3:= COM1:=9600,n,8,1 COM2:=9600,n,8,1 COM3:=9600,n,8,1 COM4:=9600,n,8,1 EPT:= FILE:= LPT1.OS2= LPT2.OS2=   The WIN.INI file is corrupted. In this case, if you have a good backup copy of WIN.INI, copy this file into your Windows directory. If you don't have a good backup copy, expand the file WIN.SRC from the original Microsoft Windows disks to the Windows directory. Use the following command: "c:\windows\expand a:win.src c:\windows\win.ini" NOTE: Renaming the WIN.INI file does not solve the problem. The [ports] section will still be missing.  Microsoft Windows cannot find the WIN.INI file, or does not recognize it. You need to reinstall Windows to create a new WIN.INI.

If Windows is on a network, you should install Microsoft Windows on your local hard drive. This eliminates any problems that might arise through the &quot;share&quot; and &quot;user&quot; directories.

Additional query words: 3.00 win30 win31 3.00a

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311