Article ID: 888373 - Last Review: June 8, 2005 - Revision: 1.4 "Failed to access NetBT Driver - NetBT may not be loaded" error message when you run the nbtstat command in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003SYMPTOMSWhen you try to run the nbtstat command with a command-line switch such as nbtstat -a remotename in Microsoft Windows XP or in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the command does not run. Additionally, you receive the following error message: Failed to access NetBT Driver - NetBT may not be loaded. CAUSEThis issue occurs because users without administrator rights, including power users, do not have sufficient permissions to run nbtstat when the user includes a command-line switch. WORKAROUNDTo work around this issue, use one of the following methods:
MORE INFORMATIONThe nbtstat command displays the status of current NetBIOS over TCP/IP
connections, updates the NetBIOS name cache, and displays the
registered names and scope ID. It is by design that users without administrator rights cannot use the nbstat command with command switches. | Article Translations
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