Q156231: "Error 26" After Installing Windows 95 from NetWare Server

Article: Q156231
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbnetwork 3rdpartynet win95 kb3rdPartyNetClientkbfixlist
Last Modified: 20-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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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.

CAUSE
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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.


STATUS
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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


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbnetwork 3rdpartynet win95 kb3rdPartyNetClient kbfixlist
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :

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