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Windows NT Event Viewer Error Message ID

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by filipne2

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Please tell me what may cause "The server received an incorrectly formatted request from (?)"Event ID2006,Source Srv,Type:Error, Category:None.In the place of (?),a host name (not only one)appears. Thanks.

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by tech_rep

I know this sounds pretty cryptic, but the Windows NT messaging resource manual I have says:
"[Netevent] The specified computer sent an invalid SMB which indicates a problem with the computer's redirector. Contact the vendor of the redirector."
At least, this is a place to start.

by avachon

Hi, this sounds really familiar. Are you running dns? Is the service starting? If I recall correctly, this can happen if dns is reinstalled, for example, and is looking at its old database instead of the newly installed one. Check in winnt\system 32to see if you have two dns databases.

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