"Error 26" After Installing Windows 95 from NetWare Server

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SYMPTOMS

After you install Windows 95 from a Novell server and restart your computer, you may receive the following error message:

Error 26

When this error message occurs, you have no network connectivity and you cannot start Windows 95.

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CAUSE

The error message can occur when both of the following conditions exist:

The Autoexec.bat file contains the following command:
net start nwredir
The NetWare server name contains one or more dashes.

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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2).

This issue is not resolved in Microsoft Windows 98. Microsoft does not support running Windows 98 from a network server. For information about the current version of Windows, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows (http://www.microsoft.com/windows)

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows 95

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kb3rdpartynetclient kberrmsg kbnetwork KB156231

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