Microsoft KB Archive/272989

= PRB: Network-Related WMI Methods Fail on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me =

Article ID: 272989

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation 1.0
 * Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation 1.1
 * Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation 1.2
 * Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation 1.5

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This article was previously published under Q272989



SYMPTOMS
When you are executing a network-related method in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), such as EnableDHCP, in the Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration class on Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition (Me), the following error may occur:

64 Method not supported on this platform



CAUSE
WMI networking methods are only supported on Windows NT-based platforms, including Windows 2000 and Windows XP.



MORE INFORMATION
Querying (reading) the network properties such as the network adapter's current IP address is not effected.

Keywords: kbdswmanage2003swept kbprb KB272989

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