PSS ID Number: 126544
Article Last Modified on 10/24/1999
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
This article was previously published under Q126544
SYMPTOMS
When you start Windows for Workgroups, you receive the following error
messages:
Windows File Server
Unable to initialize server services.
Followed by the error message
You cannot run this application in a window or in the background
or:
You cannot run this application while other high-resolution
applications are running fullscreen. The application will be
suspended until a low-resolution or text application is running
fullscreen. Check the PIF settings to ensure they are correct.
Windows then continues to load with server services disabled.
CAUSE
These error messages can be caused by the NOINT virus.
RESOLUTION
Microsoft Anti-Virus (MSAV) can properly detect and remove this virus. To
run MSAV, boot your computer from a clean floppy disk (such as the MS-DOS
Setup disk) and then type MSAV at the command prompt.
MORE INFORMATION
The NOINT virus is a boot-sector virus that is 512 bytes in size. It
infects diskette boot sectors and hard disk partition tables. This virus
remains resident in memory. This virus can also cause damaged file
linkages, changes to system run-time operation, and changes to the boot
sector.
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