"Error 26" After Installing Windows 95 from NetWare Server
Article ID: 156231
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
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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:
- The NetWare server name contains one or more dashes.
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. For information about the current version of Windows, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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