Microsoft KB Archive/163770

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Cannot Log On to Windows NT Domain w/ DNS Name Resolution Only

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Q163770

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 1, 2, 2.1

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SYMPTOMS
If a Windows 95 TCP/IP client without WINS or LMHOSTS entries tries to log on to a Windows NT domain over a routed IP network, the logon may not succeed and you may receive an error message similar to the following message:

No domain server was available to validate your password. You may not be able to gain access to some network resources.

CAUSE
To log on to a Windows NT domain, clients must be able to resolve the domain<1C> NetBIOS name. Windows 95 clients can resolve only NetBIOS names ending in <00> and <20> when using DNS.

RESOLUTION
This issue is resolved by the following updated file for Windows 95 and OSR2, and later versions of this file:

  VNBT.386  version 4.00.957  dated 12/12/96  95,481 bytes A version of this file that also resolves this problem is included in the Windows Sockets 2.0 Update for Windows 95. For information about obtaining this update, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q182108 Availability of Windows Sockets 2.0 for Windows 95"

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2). An update to address this problem is now available, but is not fully regression tested and should be applied only to computers experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft does not recommend implementing this update at this time. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for additional information about the availability of this update.

This issue is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.

MORE INFORMATION
If you receive this error message when you dial into a remote network, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q154434 Err Msg: No Domain Controller Was Available to Validate..."

For additional information about issues resolved by updates to this component, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q168747 Update to Windows 95 TCP/IP to Address Out-of-Band Issue

Q152791 Error Message: No Domain Server Was Available...

Q141514 Wrong IP Address Chosen from WINS Server

"Q154434 Err Msg: No Domain Controller Was Available to Validate..."

For additional information about Windows 95 updates, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q161020 Implementing Windows 95 Updates" Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg kbnetwork osr2 win95

Issue type : kbprb

Technology : kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbWin95 kbWin95OPKOSR2 kbWin95OPKOSR1 kbWin95OPKOSR210