Distributed File System Client Does Not Connect to Another Share
Article ID: 186069
Article Last Modified on 8/13/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q186069
SYMPTOMS
When a Windows 95 Distributed File System (DFS) client tries to connect to
a DFS network share that is unavailable, it may not attempt to connect to
alternate network shares on a DFS network share.
CAUSE
This issue can occur if all of the following conditions exist:
- A DFS object points to multiple share points.
- One of these share points is deleted.
For example, if \\DFSsrv1\DFSroot\Volume1 points to 2 network shares,
\\DFSsrv1\Share1 and \\DFSsrv2\Share2, and \\DFSsrv1\Share1 is deleted
(and is no longer available), then a Windows 95 client does not try to
connect to \\DFSsrv2\Share2.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, upgrade the Windows 95 DFS client from the following Microsoft Web site:
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and
OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2).
Keywords: kbnetwork kbprb KB186069