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Error Using Microsoft Network Client SOCKETS.EXE

Article ID:129986
Last Review:October 29, 1999
Revision:1.0
This article was previously published under Q129986
If the Microsoft Network Client is configured to use the TCP/IP protocol, and you try to start the SOCKETS.EXE program, the following error message may appear:
SOCKETS0101: The value for keyword HOSTNAME not found in TCPUTILS.INI file by SOCKETS. (not loaded)
This message appears because SOCKETS is looking for a host name in the TCPUTILS.INI file. To run SOCKETS, manually enter a host name.

In the TCPUTILS.INI file, add the following line to the [tcpglobal] section:
hostname=<hostname>
where <hostname> is a valid host name (but any value will allow SOCKETS.EXE to start).

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Microsoft Network Client 3.1

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