NETSTAT.EXE Does Not Show TCP Listen Sockets

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The NETSTAT -A command does not display state information for TCP sockets in the listening state. Only sockets in the established state and the time wait state are shown. UDP sockets are displayed in the listening state.

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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

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