Microsoft KB Archive/148987

= Err Msg: "NETBIOS AddName Failure" =

Article ID: 148987

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 Q148987



When you are using the Windows NT Server RemoteBoot service for Windows 95 and you receive the error message "NETBIOS AddName Failure" in the early stages of starting a remoteboot workstation, it means that you have given the workstation a NetBIOS name that is already registered on this segment of the network.

Every computer must ensure that its NetBIOS name is unique by broadcasting the name. A conflict might occur because another computer already has this name, or because a user is logged on under this name.

NOTE: Some network cards can be very persistent about defending their NetBIOS names, even when a computer crashes.

Keywords: kbnetwork KB148987

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