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Distributed File System Client Does Not Connect to Another Share

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Article ID:186069
Last Review:August 13, 2007
Revision:1.2
This article was previously published under Q186069

SYMPTOMS

When a Windows 95 Distributed File System (DFS) client tries to connect to a DFS network share that is unavailable, it may not attempt to connect to alternate network shares on a DFS network share.

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CAUSE

This issue can occur if all of the following conditions exist:
•A DFS object points to multiple share points.
•One of these share points is deleted.
For example, if \\DFSsrv1\DFSroot\Volume1 points to 2 network shares, \\DFSsrv1\Share1 and \\DFSsrv2\Share2, and \\DFSsrv1\Share1 is deleted (and is no longer available), then a Windows 95 client does not try to connect to \\DFSsrv2\Share2.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, upgrade the Windows 95 DFS client from the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/downloads/dfsnt95.mspx?mfr=true (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/downloads/dfsnt95.mspx?mfr=true)

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STATUS

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

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Windows 95
•Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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kbnetwork kbprb KB186069

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