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  • June 3, 2000 at 12:06 pm #2080530

    Networked Win98SE ‘Fat Clients’ randomly

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    by jdep · about 24 years, 6 months ago

    Network: Novell 4.11 – Server: Tulip – Switches and Hubs:Cisco
    autosensing.Network: 100BaseTX – Installation: Cat5 Enhanced. Clients: ‘Fat’ 90% Win 98SE. Protocols: IPX and TCP/IP.
    Problem: All Win98Se Fat Clients hang on random occasions
    whilst attempting to shut down. ‘Older’ machines are more prone than newer (old = less than 200Mhz). MS Knowledge Base Article Q2419 refers to Microsoft’s acknowledgement of this problem as a bug in 98SE – some bug!! MS Knowledge Base Article Heading: “Intel DmiRemoteRegister() may hang on Win98SE if target node is local computer and protocol sequence isTCP/IP (ncacn_ip_tcp)” Keywords: kbWinOS98bug
    Workaround is given as:
    “To work around the problem, you can use the local procedure
    call protocol sequence (ncalrpc) instead of TCP/IP protocol sequence (ncacn_ip_tcp).”

    Can anyone offer advice with implementing the procedure.
    Thank you in advance – John de-Pulford

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    • June 3, 2000 at 4:12 pm #3893910

      Networked Win98SE ‘Fat Clients’ randomly

      by dle · about 24 years, 6 months ago

      In reply to Networked Win98SE ‘Fat Clients’ randomly

      Have you tried the MS patch for Win98 SE yet? This worked for us when we had the same problem.
      Here is the link:
      http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUFeatured/Win98SE/Default.asp

    • June 3, 2000 at 5:28 pm #3893903

      Networked Win98SE ‘Fat Clients’ randomly

      by inspectorclave · about 24 years, 6 months ago

      In reply to Networked Win98SE ‘Fat Clients’ randomly

      We have 20 or more Win98 systems on our network that, like yours, lock up frequently. We have struggled to find a “neat” fix for the problem, but Microsoft doesn’t seem to have one. However, we have come up with a fix that, when used, will solve the problem.

      Create a new shortcut on the desktop, and put the following in the command line:

      c:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows

      When you double-click on the shortcut, it will force Windows to “hard” close any hanging .dll’s or devicedrivers that may be running. This has solved our problem 100%.

    • June 5, 2000 at 7:05 am #3894274

      Networked Win98SE ‘Fat Clients’ randomly

      by tulsa · about 24 years, 6 months ago

      In reply to Networked Win98SE ‘Fat Clients’ randomly

      We have experienced this problem with some of our clients and thought it had something to do with Norton AV. Our workaround is this. Have the user log off their workstation. When the logon prompt comes up, cancel and shut down. For some reason, it works.

      • June 5, 2000 at 7:50 pm #3894114

        Networked Win98SE ‘Fat Clients’ randomly

        by jdep · about 24 years, 6 months ago

        In reply to Networked Win98SE ‘Fat Clients’ randomly

        Thank you for your response, I will try your suggestion. However answer two above works. It drops Win98SE like a poleaxed steer.

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