DOCUMENT:Q111968 04-MAR-1994 [W_NT] TITLE :Windows NT Stand-Alone Server and OS/2 Client Limitations PRODUCT :Windows NT PROD/VER:3.10 OPER/SYS:WINDOWS KEYWORDS: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= You can connect to a stand-alone Windows NT computer acting as a server when you configure a LAN Manager for OS/2 client on an OS/2 1.x or an IBM OS/2 2.x computer, but you will experience some functional limitations. When you connect the OS/2 client to a Windows NT Advanced Server computer or a LAN Manager server computer, you do not experience these limitations. MORE INFORMATION ================ The following are some of the functional limitations you may experience when you connect to a stand-alone Windows NT computer from a LAN Manager OS/2 client. Domain Not Available -------------------- A stand-alone Windows NT computer can only be configured for a workgroup. To have a domain on the computer, you must have a connection to a Windows NT Advanced Server computer. This creates a problem when you try to configure the OS/2 client software. The OS/2 client setup interface only allows you to specify a domain. You can workaround this limitation by specifying the workgroup name with which you configured the Windows NT computer. Cannot View Clients from Windows NT ----------------------------------- You cannot view or browse the LAN Manager clients from the Windows NT computer. This is true even if you have selected the "Make Browser Broadcasts to LAN Manager 2.x Clients" option in the Server Configuration dialog box of the Network applet of Control Panel. View Menu Options Unavailable ----------------------------- Without the Enable LAN Manager Broadcasts option for the Server software selected in the Network Settings dialog box, most of the options in the View menu of the Net Admin screen for the client software are unavailable, including the following: Available Resources Printer Queues Com-Device Queues Shared Resources Users on Server Cannot Always View Server ------------------------- Without the "Make Browser Broadcasts to LAN Manager 2.x Clients" option selected on the Windows NT computer, you will not be able to Net View the server computer from the client computer, and the server computer will not appear as an available resource in the main window of the Net Admin utility on the client computer. Error Messages from View Menu ----------------------------- Most of the options on the client's Net Admin View menu become available if you enable LAN Manager broadcasts on the Windows NT computer and set the focus on the Windows NT computer in the Net Admin dialog box. However, various error messages appear if you try to select any of the options in the View menu. These error messages all relate to the Windows NT computer not providing the full range of server services that a Windows NT Advanced Server or a LAN Manager server computer would provide. The following are the affected Net Admin View menu options and the associated error messages that are displayed when you attempt to select the options: Option Error Message ---------------------------------------------------------------- Printer Queues... "NET 2152 - The Printer destination cannot be found." Users on a Server... "SYS0050: The Network request is not supported." Users on a Server... "Net2142: The requested API isn't supported on the remote server." Select a domain to View... "The domain controller for could not be found." For more information about the LAN Manager Client Software for OS/2 Clients, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: LAN and Manager and Browser and broadcasts Additional reference words: 3.10 KBCategory: KBSubCategory: netsrv ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.