Re: (PM) Packard Bell
info@sltic.com
Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:51:13 -0600
At 06:07 PM 11/25/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>Packard Bell running Windows 95. It is dialing into my PM2E-10 connects
>>fine but doesn't resolve DNS...
>I'm working on just such a problem. Packet traces reveal that the
>Packard Hell is insisting on using netbios-ns to try and resolve names
>(even though it has two valid nameservers according to winipcfg).
>We are having the customer bring in the computer to try re-installing off
>the CD to try and fix it, as just removing TCP/IP and putting it back
>from the CAB files doesn't seem to be working.
>
Check for a file "win.com" in the windows directory. The presence of this
file seems to screw up DNS. Rename the file if it's there.
http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q162/8/11.htm is the reference I
have.
Bruce
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