The Infamous "General Network Error"

[dawebber]

Hello, all!

I've been fighting the infamous "general network error" issue for some
time now (over 6 months). After having tried various "workarounds",
"half-solutions" and suggestions, the only thing that's left to try is
the fix described in MS KB 823679.

So, here are my two questions for you guys.

First, is the fix from Ndp1.1-kb823679-x86.exe included in .Net 1.1
SP1? So far, the indication I got from various posts in various
newsgroups is no, but I'm not fully sure.

Second, if I wanted to obtain this particular fix separately, how would
I go about it? Could someone possibly from MS who reads the newgroup
please answer this question?

Just in case, here's the synopsis of my environment:

1st Client:
OS: W2k server (all SPs applied), running IIS with MS ASP.NET
2nd Client:
OS: W2k server (all SPs applied), my app is deployed as Windows Service

SQL server:
OS: W2k server (all SPs applied), running SQL2K SP3 (some additional
hotfixes applied on top of SP3)

I could provide more details if need be.
Thank you very much in advance.
Best regards,
Mark Gimelfarb.

 

[Guest]

I would generally assume so, as the System.Data.DLL is newer than the number
in the fix, but I see so reference to this particular issue in the "fixes"
document:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=867460

Since SP1 puts out a newer System.Data.DLL, if you go this route I would
consider loading the patch and testing, then SP1 and testing, as SP1 will
take you farther with System.Data.

I would test with SP1 first, however. If it is in SP1, you will burn up a
technical support call requesting the patch.


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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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