PersonaNonGrata WINS Servers May Be Added as Replication Partners Without Warning

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This article was previously published under Q228078

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SYMPTOMS

When you add a Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server as a WINS replication partner in Wins Manager that has a PersonaNonGrata status, you do not receive a warning message that this WINS server is not a valid WINS replication partner. Also, when you click Replicate Now in the Replication Partners dialog box, you are not warned that the WINS replication partner list contains an invalid WINS server.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION

The Windows NT registry value PersonaNonGrata permits an administrator to specify the Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) addresses of WINS servers that own unwanted records that should not be replicated among WINS servers.

For additional information on the PersonaNonGrata registry parameter, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

166485 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/166485/EN-US/ ) Removing Entries in WINS from Other Non-Existent WINS Servers

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