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WINS Fails to Start After Changing File Permissions

Article ID: 158865

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q158865

SYMPTOMS

After you start Windows NT, you receive the following two messages:

At least one service or driver failed during system startup. Use Event Viewer to examine the event log for details.

Could not start the Windows Internet Name Service on \\Computername. Error 0001: Incorrect function.

The event log will also contain the following events in Windows NT 3.51:

Events 4098, 4204, and 7023.

The Event Log will also contain the following events in Windows NT 4.0:

Events 4224, 4318, and 7023.

CAUSE

The file permissions on the WINS directory have been changed from their default settings.

WORKAROUND

Change the file permissions back to the default of Everyone=Full Control for the %Systemroot%\System32\WINS directory.

MORE INFORMATION

The errors listed above can also indicate database corruption that is unrelated to file permissions.

Additional query words: JET database read-only prodnt multihomed

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