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Workgroups and Windows 95 Clients Not Validated with DNS

Article ID: 137884

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.2
Microsoft Windows 95

This article was previously published under Q137884

SYMPTOMS

Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 clients are not validated across a router on a domain using DNS.

CAUSE

The clients send out numerous DNS Standard Query packets to resolve the Domain name defined during logon. They receive the correct IP address for the domain controller if it is correctly defined in DNS, but do not send a Query for PDC packet until after the following error has already been received:

No Domain Server was available to validate your password. You may not be able to gain access to some network resources.

Even if an LMHOSTS file is correctly defined, the logon validation fails.

WORKAROUND

Use a WINS server for NetBIOS name resolution, or do not use DNS.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups version 3.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information herein the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 3.11

Keywords: KB137884

Microsoft KB Archive/137884

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