Microsoft KB Archive/279869

= DBCS Network Connection Name Is Deleted When a New One Is Added =

Article ID: 279869

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q279869



SYMPTOMS
When you create a network connection whose name is highly similar to an existing one, the first network connection may be deleted. This problem can occur on Double Byte Character Set (DBCS) localizations of the products that listed at the beginning of this article. Note that this includes the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language versions of these products.

For example, when you create a connection that is named &quot;TEST1&quot;, an existing connection that is named &quot;TEST0&quot; may be deleted.



CAUSE
This problem can occur because the Rasapi32.dll file on DBCS platforms cannot distinguish two network connection names that include similar DBCS names.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name 19-Dec-2000 14:02  5.0.2195.2671  192,272  Rasapi32.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kbenv kbnetwork kbhotfixserver KB279869

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