Microsoft KB Archive/283491

= SimpTcp Warning Messages Appear When TCP/IP Print Server Starts =

Article ID: 283491

Article Last Modified on 10/18/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q283491





SYMPTOMS
After you install Simple TCP/IP Services (SimpTcp) and Print Services for UNIX, the following two SimpTcp warning messages may appear when the Simple TCP/IP service starts:

Event Type: Warning

Event Source: SimpTcp

Event Category: None

Event ID: 19

Description:

The Simple TCP/IP Services could not open the TCP QOTD port. The TCP QOTD service was not started.

Event Type: Warning

Event Source: SimpTcp

Event Category: None

Event ID: 20

Description:

The Simple TCP/IP Services could not open the UDP QOTD port. The UDP QOTD service was not started.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if SimpTcp and LPD (the printer daemon) are both trying to use port 17.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about LPD, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

121737 TCP/IP Printing Supports Only Berkeley Style Daemons (RFC1179)

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix kbinterop kbprint kbnetwork KB283491

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