When you are using Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 or 2.1 (OSR2) and you
attempt to connect to an SMB server with a 15-character name that contains
a period as one of the characters, you may receive the following error
message:
The network name cannot be found.
If the server name contains only 14 characters with a period, or 15
characters with no period, the operation proceeds normally.
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There is a problem with the Microsoft Client for Microsoft Networks
(VRedir) that is included with OSR2. The problem occurs when the client
parses server names that contain a period; server names that contain a
period are treated as too long if they exceed 14 characters in length.
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To work around this problem, rename the server so that the name does not
contain a period, or is shorter than 15 characters.
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This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of Windows, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windows (http://www.microsoft.com/windows).
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This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.
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