Garbled Characters and Beeping in WFWG When Starting NetBEUI

Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
Article ID: Q90468

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

If you load SMARTDrive high and start NetBEUI from MS-DOS by typing "net start netbeui" (without the quotation marks), garbled characters may scroll on the screen and the system may start beeping.

You can press the CTRL+BREAK keys to get back the MS-DOS command prompt. If you type "net start netbeui" again, NetBEUI should load correctly.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when NetBEUI tries to increase (grow) its data segment size and fails. NetBEUI tries to increase its data segment when the PROTOCOL.INI file has high values (around 90) for the NCBS= and SESSIONS= statements.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, load SMARTDrive low or lower the NCBS= and SESSIONS= statements to 12 and 32, respectively.

KBCategory: kbother kbprb
KBSubcategory: wfw wfwg
Additional reference words: 3.10 smart drive smartdrv.exe scrambled garbage

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Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
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