Error Message: The Server Name \\<Servername> Is Invalid
Article ID: 195634
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q195634
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to use the Net Watcher tool to administer a Novell
NetWare server, you may receive the following error message:
The server name \\<servername> is invalid
CAUSE
This problem can occur if the server name contains more than seventeen
characters. Net Watcher truncates characters after the seventeenth
character, which results in the server not being found.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, contact your network administrator and
request that the NetWare server name be changed to seventeen characters or
less.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and
Microsoft Windows 98.
Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB195634