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WinPopUp Msg: There Has Been a Failure of the Network

Article ID: 119080

Article Last Modified on 12/5/2003

APPLIES TO

This article was previously published under Q119080

SYMPTOMS

The following intermittent WinPopUp message appears after you print to a network printer shared by a Windows NT Advanced Server or a Windows for Workgroups server:
There has been a failure of the network.
The print job prints properly.

CAUSE

This behavior has been observed in the following environments:

  • Running Windows for Workgroups with the IPX/SPX Compatible Transport with NetBIOS.
  • Running Windows for Workgroups with the IPX/SPX Compatible Transport with NetBIOS and TCP/IP.
  • Running Windows for Workgroups with the IPX/SPX Compatible Transport with NetBIOS and NetBEUI.
  • Running Windows for Workgroups with the IPX/SPX Compatible Transport with NetBIOS and NetBEUI and TCP/IP.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, disable the WinPopUp utility:

  1. In the Control Panel window of Windows for Workgroups, choose the Network icon.
  2. In the Network Settings dialog box, choose the Startup button.
  3. Under Startup Options, clear the Enable WinPopUp check box, and then choose OK.
  4. Restart Windows for Workgroups.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows for Workgroups 3.11. This problem was corrected in Windows for Workgroups files available on the Windows NT 3.5 Server CD.

Additional query words: prodnt wfw wfwg 3.10 3.11 ntas error err msg winapp

Keywords: KB119080


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