Microsoft KB Archive/308683

= The NdsPreferredServer Registry Setting Does Not Work in Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 308683

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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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 Q308683



SYMPTOMS
If you use the NdsPreferredServer registry setting as described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article, the setting has no effect in Windows 2000:

219345 CSNW May Connect to Multiple Servers When Logging On to NDS Tree



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 08-Oct-2001 16:05  5.0.2195.4487  60,688  Nwwks.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.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Additional query words: kbDirServices

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kbdirservices kbhotfixserver KB308683

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