Unable to View Windows 95/98 Server from Windows NT
Article ID: 190827
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
This article was previously published under Q190827
SYMPTOMS
When you try to connect to a Windows 95-based or Windows 98-based computer, you may be unable to do so. When you try to map a drive, you may receive the following error message:
Error 53 - Network name not found
Other Windows 95 and Windows 98 clients may be able to view and connect
to the share.
CAUSE
The behavior can be caused by any of the following conditions:
- You are using the File And Printer sharing for NetWare service on the
Windows 95-based or Windows 98-based computer, and SAP Advertising is
not enabled.
- You are using the Internetworking Packet Exchange/Session Packet
Exchange (IPX/SPX) protocol and do not have the Network Basic
Input/Output System (NetBIOS) layer enabled on the Windows 95-based
or Windows 98-based computer.
RESOLUTION
Enable SAP Advertising
- Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Networks.
- Click the "File and printer sharing for NetWare Networks" service, and then click Properties.
- In the Property box, click SAP Advertising. In the Value box, click Enabled.
- Click OK, and then click OK.
Enable NetBIOS Over IPX/SPX
- Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Networks.
- Click IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol, and then click Properties.
- Click NetBIOS, and then click to select the "I want to enable NetBIOS over IPX/SPX" check box.
- Click OK.
MORE INFORMATION
Windows NT requires that SAP Advertising be enabled to view a NetWare
server share, and requires that NetBIOS over IPX/SPX to be enabled to
view a Microsoft Network server share.
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