Microsoft KB Archive/142061

= Preloaded LMHOSTS Entries Overwrite Previous Entries =

Article ID: 142061

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q142061





SYMPTOMS
Your Windows NT computer has multiple Lmhosts entries preloaded for the same NetBIOS name and the NetBIOS Name table only contains the last entry in the Lmhosts file.



CAUSE
The LMHosts file is read sequentially from top to bottom. The preloaded entries are no exception so if you have two entries for the same NetBIOS name that are preloaded in your LMHosts file, the first entry listed in the LMHosts file will be overwritten and the second entry will be used.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue you need to edit the Lmhosts file so that it contains only one entry for each NetBIOS name.



MORE INFORMATION
When you preload entries with the special keyword #PRE, this causes the entry to be preloaded into the name cache. Normally, to speed up the searches, these entries should be left for the end of the file because they are preloaded into cache and are not accessed later.

Additional query words: prodnt

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