Microsoft KB Archive/156231

"Error 26" After Installing Windows 95 from NetWare Server

Q156231

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

After you install Windows 95 from a Novell server and restart your computer, you may receive the following error message:

Error 26

When this error message occurs, you have no network connectivity and you cannot start Windows 95.

CAUSE

The error message can occur when both of the following conditions exist:

The Autoexec.bat file contains the following command:
```
      net start nwredir 
```
The NetWare server name contains one or more dashes.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix for Windows 95 and OEM Service Release 2.x that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to computers experiencing this specific problem. To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Technical Support to obtain the fix.

For a complete list of Microsoft Technical Support 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

This fix for Windows 95 and OEM Service Release 2.x should have the following file attributes (or later):

   File name     Version    Date      Time     Size
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   Net.exe       n/a        6/12/96   1:39pm   375,914 bytes

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2).

This issue is not resolved in Microsoft Windows 98. Microsoft does not support running Windows 98 from a network server.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about issues resolved by updates to this component, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q154684 Token Ring Server-Based Setup May Not Work Properly

Q132807 Enhanced Encryption for Windows 95 Password Cache

For additional information about Windows 95 updates, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161020 Implementing Windows 95 Updates

Keywords : kberrmsg kbnetwork 3rdpartynet win95
Issue type :
Technology : kbWin95search kbWin95