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by makely67

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Am using a pc installed with win 2000 as my server(it is not a real server) with clients of win 98 but my clients show me a log in error "there was no server to validate your password" but when i click ok, i can access the sever. After around 10-15 mins when the server has been running i can log on without any error, so what could be the cause of this error??

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by rindi1

Probably it just takes some time for all services on your server to start running.

by warwizard

Specifically, the DNS or WINS name resoloution is not resolving the server's name into an IP address. And yes it can take a while for the "server" to activate these services on bootup.

by budthegrey

Does your "server" have a static IP address? If not, give it one. Then add it to the workstation's HOSTS file. The Win98 hosts file is, IIRC, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\HOSTS. Add this:

1.1.1.1 MyServerName

Substituting the correct IP address and Server name, of course.

by blackcurrant

Hi

Sounds like a DNS problem. How are your clients getting their IP addresses - are they static or through DHCP? Also, as stated above, your 'server' must have a static IP address. This address must be listed in the DNS server search order in the TCP/IP properties of each client machine otherwise they will not be able to validate.

Good luck

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