Microsoft KB Archive/195634

= Error Message: The Server Name \\ Is Invalid =

Article ID: 195634

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95

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This article was previously published under Q195634



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to use the Net Watcher tool to administer a Novell NetWare server, you may receive the following error message:

The server name \\ is invalid



CAUSE
This problem can occur if the server name contains more than seventeen characters. Net Watcher truncates characters after the seventeenth character, which results in the server not being found.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, contact your network administrator and request that the NetWare server name be changed to seventeen characters or less.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 98.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB195634

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