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SPX Header Not Available for a Terminate Packet

Article ID: 154950

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q154950

SYMPTOMS

If a NetWare SPX Sockets application tries to read the SPX Header on a terminate packet while running Windows NT version 3.51, it will fail.

CAUSE

The Windows NT implementation of Sockets does not make the SPX Header available on a terminate packet.

STATUS

This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: kbnetwork KB154950