Troubleshooting WINS Servers

This section describes some basic troubleshooting steps for common problems. It also describes how to restore or rebuild the WINS database.

The following error conditions can indicate potential problems with the WINS server:

• The administrator can't connect to a WINS server by using WINS Manager and receives an error message when attempting to do so.
• The WINS client service or Windows Internet Name Service might be down and cannot be restarted.