WINS May Report Database Corruption w/ More Than 100 Owners (162778)

SYMPTOMS

You have configured a Windows NT 4.0 WINS server to pull records from more than 100 replication partners, or to participate in replication involving more than 100 owners.

On stopping and attempting to restart the WINS service, you observe the error message:

WINS could not come up due to missing/corrupt database. Restore the database using WINS Manager or Winscl.exe (in the res kit) and then restart WINS. If WINS still does not come up, start with a fresh copy of the database.

Restoring the database has no effect on the problem. The WINS service cannot be restarted.

CAUSE

The WINS service encountered an access violation when initializing, or when pulling records from a replication partner.

NOTE: The WINS service does not create an event log entry and Dr. Watson does not record the access violation.

RESOLUTION

To correctly support configurations involving more than 100 owners or replication partners, apply the fix mentioned below.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 139411
TITLE : Maximum WINS Owners Under Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K