ID: q176931
The information in this article applies to:
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.
When you start FrontPage Explorer, a message box that contains a different host name than the NetBIOS name or the Domain Name Service (DNS) assigned to your computer in the Network control panel appears.
Under certain circumstances, Windows 95 stores the computer's host name in the Windows registry under the following key. For example, this happens when you run the Internet Explorer Connector Wizard.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP\Hostname
If you later change the host name of your computer, the Windows registry
may not be updated to reflect this change. Hence, when FrontPage queries
the registry for the host name of your computer, it finds the incorrect
name stored in the registry.
To work around this behavior, erase the computer name from the Windows registry and restore the NetBios name to the TCP/IP name by using one of the following methods.
1. Right-click the Network Neighborhood icon and then click Properties
on the menu that appears.
2. Click the Identification tab.
3. In the Computer Name box, type a temporary name.
4. Click OK. If you receive a message asking you to restart Windows, click
Yes.
5. Right-click the Network Neighborhood icon and then click Properties on
the menu that appears.
6. Click the Identification tab.
7. In the Computer Name box, type the original computer name.
8. Click OK. If you receive a message asking you to restart Windows, click
Yes.
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).
1. On the Windows Start menu, click Run.
2. In the Open box, type "regedit" (without the quotation marks).
3. Select the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP
\Hostname
4. On the Edit menu, click Delete.
5. On the Registry menu, click Exit.
6. Restart the computer.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: front page Internet Connection Wizard ICW
Keywords : kbdta fpexp fppws fpiis fptcp
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbprb
Last Reviewed: July 1, 1999