Microsoft KB Archive/279873

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WMI Windows 95 Clients Not Reporting DHCP Information Correctly

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Q279873

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Windows Management Instrumentation, version 1.5, used with:
 * the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95

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SYMPTOMS
After you install the Microsoft Windows Socket 2 Update on a computer that is running Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2), the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration class may not return valid Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) information.

CAUSE
This problem occurs because you change the structure of the DHCP information that the following registry key contains when you install the Windows Socket 2 Update on a computer that is running Windows 95 OSR2 (4.00.950 B):

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\DHCP" The original WMI Win32 provider is not designed to process this changed DHCP information structure.

RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem described in this article and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/overview.asp

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are normally incurred for support calls may be canceled, if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. Normal support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date         Time       Size      File name      Version          Operating System --  12/19/2000   11:56:08   778,319   Cimwin32.dll   1.50.1085.0042   Windows 95 OSR2

Using the Hotfix Installer
NOTE: You can use the following method only for Intel-based computers:


 * 1) Copy the hotfix program (Q279873.exe) to a local folder on your computer or to a shared drive on your network.
 * 2) Start the Q279873.exe program and follow the instructions.
 * 3) Restart your computer.

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

MORE INFORMATION
This problem does not occur in Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Microsoft Windows NT, or Microsoft Windows 2000.

Additional query words: WMI SMBIOS NIC

Keywords : kbinterop kbClient kbConfig kbsms200 kbInventory kbsmsAdmin kbWEBM

Issue type : kbbug

Technology : kbWMISearch kbAudDeveloper