Preloaded LMHOSTS Entries Overwrite Previous Entries

 Last reviewed: December 29, 1997
Article ID: Q142061
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

Your Windows NT computer has multiple Lmhosts entries preloaded for the same NetBIOS name and the NetBIOS Name table only contains the last entry in the Lmhosts file.

CAUSE

The LMHosts file is read sequentially from top to bottom. The preloaded entries are no exception so if you have two entries for the same NetBIOS name that are preloaded in your LMHosts file, the first entry listed in the LMHosts file will be overwritten and the second entry will be used.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue you need to edit the Lmhosts file so that it contains only one entry for each NetBIOS name.

MORE INFORMATION

When you preload entries with the special keyword #PRE, this causes the entry to be preloaded into the name cache. Normally, to speed up the searches, these entries should be left for the end of the file because they are preloaded into cache and are not accessed later.

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbbug3.50 kbbug3.51 NTSrvWkst nttcp kbusage
Version : 3.5 3.51 4.0
Platform : winnt

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Last reviewed: December 29, 1997
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