Microsoft KB Archive/166197

= NBTSTAT Error When Using More Than 25 Dialout Devices with RAS =

Article ID: 166197

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q166197



SYMPTOMS
When adding more than 25 dialout devices under Windows NT 4.0 RAS, the NBTSTAT command will return the following message:

Unable to access NBT driver; Unknown Error

LMHosts resolution will fail; however, all other resolution methods (such as such WINS, Domain Name Service (DNS), broadcast) will succeed.



CAUSE
This problem is because NBTSTAT is not reading the entire contents of a registry key.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: netbios debug

Keywords: kbbug kbnetwork KB166197

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