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System Error 67 with NET USE Command if FQDN Exceeds 32 Characters

Symptoms

After you install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 (SP4), you cannot connect to a downlevel server or share using a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) that is longer than 32 characters. The NET USE command does not work and the following error message is displayed:

system error 67: The network name cannot be found
This behavior occurs when you connect to a downlevel server and the server message block (SMB) dialect negotiated is LAN Manager 2.1 (dialect number 6).

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Cause

This problem occurs because there are several changes to the redirector in SP4.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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Keywords: kbbug, kbpending, kb

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Article Info
Article ID : 232567
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 6/19/2014
Exists online : False
Views : 141