WINS Errors 4204, 4294, and 7023 are Logged

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This article was previously published under Q134958

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SYMPTOMS

Your Windows NT computer that is running Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) may log one or more of the following event logs in Event Viewer:

4204 - An Error was encountered in the WINS database

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4294 - Missing or Corrupt database files

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7023 - The WINS service stopped with an error

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CAUSE

The above errors occur when the Jet.log file located in the %Systemroot%\System32\Wins folder is corrupt or damaged.

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To resolve this problem, delete the file and then attempt to restart the WINS service.

If a Jet.log file does not exist when the WINS service starts, it creates a new one. The System.mdb and Wins.mdb file must exist in the directory. The Jet.log file must be 1,024,000 bytes in size.

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