Cannot See List of All Shares on Windows NT Server

ID: Q202892


The information in this article applies to:


SYMPTOMS

When you are using a computer running Windows 95 or Windows 98 and you attempt to browse the list of shares on a Microsoft Windows NT server, you may be unable to see a complete list of the shares on the Windows NT server.


CAUSE

This problem can occur if any of the following conditions exist:


RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue:

  1. Make sure that the comments for each share do not exceed 48 characters in length.


  2. Reduce the number of shares, or the length of the comments to allow more shares to be listed.



MORE INFORMATION

There are two factors that impose a limit on the number of Windows NT shares that Windows 95 and Windows 98 can display:

These limitations exist because the API that Windows 95 and Windows 98 use to enumerate shares is implemented as a LAN Manager 2.1 API, which imposes these limits. These limitations do not apply to Windows NT network clients.


REFERENCES

For additional information about problems with connecting to Windows NT servers with large numbers of shares, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q188206 "Access Denied" Connecting to Windows NT Server with Many Shares
Q160808 Profiles and Briefcase May Not Work with Windows NT Server
Q160807 Cannot Connect to Windows NT Server with Many Shares

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kbnetwork osr1 msnets osr2 win95 win98 win98se 
Version           : WINDOWS:95
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: June 15, 1999