Microsoft KB Archive/160827

= ErrMsg: Failed to Purged the NBT Remote Cache Table =

Article ID: 160827

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 95

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This article was previously published under Q160827



SYMPTOMS
After you attempt to carry out the NBTSTAT -R command on a Windows 95 client, the following error message is displayed:

Failed to Purged the NBT Remote Cache Table



CAUSE
The file LMHOSTS is missing, misplaced, or misspelled.



WORKAROUND
The file should be found in the C:\Windows directory and should be named:

  LMHOSTS

There should be no trailing dot(.) or file extension on this file.

If you are using Windows Explorer to find the file, perform the following steps:
 * 1) Start Windows Explorer.
 * 2) From the View menu, click Options.
 * 3) Click the Show All Files radio button, then click to clear the Hide file extensions for known file types check box.

Additional query words: -c netbios name cache lmhosts.txt nbtstat win95

Keywords: kbnetwork KB160827

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