Microsoft KB Archive/239447

= Unable to Connect to Down-Level SMB Server =

Article ID: 239447

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q239447



SYMPTOMS
A Window NT-based computer may not be able to connect to a down-level Server Message Block (SMB) server, such as an OS/2 Warp server, if the file system name on a share's down-level server is eight characters or longer. For example:

E:\>net use * \\ \

System error 234 has occurred.

More data is available.

The problem occurs the first time you try to connect to the server or you reconnect to the share after it was automatically disconnected. Typically, you can connect or reconnect to the share after two or three attempts.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, contact the manufacturer to have the file system name changed to less than eight characters.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a.

Additional query words: 4.00 filesystem downlevel

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB239447

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