Microsoft KB Archive/181087

Computer Hangs When Using the DIR Command in DFS Shared Folders

Q181087

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use the DIR command from a command prompt on a Windows 95 Distributed File System (DFS) client to view the contents of a DFS shared network folder on a Windows NT server, your computer may stop responding (hang).

CAUSE

This behavior can occur for any of the following reasons:

The current folder in which you are using the DIR command is several levels down on the DFS shared network drive. For example, this behavior can occur if you use the DIR command in Folder5 of the following path

<drive>:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\Folder4\Folder5

where <drive> is the mapped drive to the DFS shared network folder.
The DFS volume on the Windows NT server has a volume label.

RESOLUTION

This issue is resolved by the following updated file for Windows 95 and Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2):

   Dfs.vxd      version 4.10.1691 dated 3/11/98
   Vnetsup.vxd  version 4.10.1691 dated 3/11/98
   Vredir.vxd   version 4.10.1691 dated 3/11/98

To work around this issue, remove the volume label from the DFS volume on the Windows NT server.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2). An update to address this problem is now available, but is not fully regression tested and should be applied only to computers experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft does not recommend implementing this update at this time. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for additional information about the availability of this update.

MORE INFORMATION

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

Q174371 Possible Database File Damage When Data Is Appended

Keywords : kbnetwork win95
Issue type : kbprb
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