DOCUMENT:Q140442 17-DEC-2000 [win95x] TITLE :Err Msg: Client Service for NetWare. Unable to Complete... PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product PROD/VER:95 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:win95 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you try to access a Windows 95-based computer acting as an NCP server (NWSERVER) from an MS-DOS session using the Microsoft NCP Client (NWREDIR), you may receive the following error message on a blue screen: Client Service for NetWare Unable to complete a background operation on connection to . Select Retry to try the operation again, or press Escape to cancel all outstanding background operations on this connection. Operation: File Write Error: 0x33 'No Response' CAUSE ===== This error can occur if the NCP server was shut down after a connection or drive mapping was made and data was transferred between the two computers. Any additional data transfers to the unavailable server result in the error message. RESOLUTION ========== Verify that the Windows 95 NCP server you are trying to connect to is running and that the File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks service is loaded. To determine whether the File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks service is loaded, follow these steps at the server: 1. In Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. 2. Check the "The following network components are installed" box to see if the File and Printer Sharing services is loaded. If the File and Printer Sharing service is not loaded, follow these steps to load it: 1. Click Add, click Services, and then click Add. 2. In the Manufacturers box, click Microsoft. In the Network Services box, click File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks. 3. Click OK or Close until you return to Control Panel. 4. When you are prompted to restart your computer, do so. MORE INFORMATION ================ Press the ESC key to recover from the blue error message screen. ====================================================================== Keywords : win95 Technology : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3 Version : 95 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.