Re: WINS 4204 Every 40 Minutes

Hi Steve,

I just don't get it. We put in the registry changes exactly as Microsoft
recommends and I'm still getting the WINS error every 40 minutes. The part
that really blows my mind is that this is a very standard install of SBS
2003. I didn't do any thing different than my other installs. All service
packs and updates are installed and I've never messed with WINS. Do I even
need it running. The error is very annoying. I have 3 local XP Pro clients
and 1 XP Pro client that comes in via a VPN. That's it.

Please help. Thanks!


"Anonymous" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> OK, we are rebooting this morning...
>
> "Steven Wang [MSFT]" <v-stwang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ltgNPbosFHA.1208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply!
>>
>> The server needs to be restarted to make the registry changes effect. If
>> the issue still exists after the next reboot of the server, please feel
>> free to let me know.
>>
>> Have a nice day!
>>
>> Steven Wang (MSFT)
>> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>>
>>
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>>>Subject: Re: WINS 4204 Every 40 Minutes
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>>>I had tried this before, but noticed that there was a typo on one of the
>>>registry entries. I've now corrected it but assume the changes won't go
>> in
>>>affect until the next reboot. I hope this works.
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>"Steven Wang [MSFT]" <v-stwang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:GmeEO0fsFHA.3308@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for posting.
>>>>
>>>> From your post, my understanding of this issue is: you're experiencing
>>>> is
>>>> your WINS is running on a SBS 2003 server is generated an event every
>>>> 40
>>>> minutes. Event Source: Wins, Event ID: 4204. If this is not correct,
>>>> please feel free to let me know.
>>>>
>>>> Based on my research, I have found that when the WINS service is
>>>> started
>>>> on
>>>> Windows NT Technology based server, it automatically sends IGMP packets
>> to
>>>> multicast address 224.0.1.24. This is a multicast packet sent by the
>> WINS
>>>> service looking for possible replication partners. WINS periodically
>>>> sends
>>>> information about itself by means of these packets. If you do not want
>>>> these multicast packets to be sent, set UseSelfFndPnrs in the registry
>>>> under the following key to DWORD 0 and also set McastIntvl to some huge
>>>> value (DWORD FFFFFFFF for instance; by default the interval is 2400,
>>>> that
>>>> is, 40 minutes).
>>>>
>>>> Use the Registry Editor to set the UseSelfFndPnrs and McastIntvl
>>>> entries
>>>> under the following Registry key:
>>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wins\Parameters
>>>>
>>>> For more information about this issue, please refer to the following KB
>>>> article:
>>>> WINS Server Sends IGMP Packets on Startup
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=151761
>>>>
>>>> In addition, if there are only Windows XP Pro workstations in the
>> network,
>>>> I think it's unnecessary to run WINS server in the network. WINS is a
>>>> NetBIOS name resolution service that allows client computers to
>>>> register
>>>> their NetBIOS names and IP addresses in a dynamic, distributed database
>>>> and
>>>> to resolve the NetBIOS names of network resources to their IP
>>>> addresses.
>>>> WINS is needed in any Microsoft Windows network environment that
>>>> includes
>>>> operating systems or applications that rely on NetBIOS. Since only
>>>> operating systems earlier than Windows 2000 rely on NetBIOS, WINS
>>>> server
>>>> is
>>>> only needed for operating systems that earlier than Windows 2000.
>>>>
>>>> However, for the compatibility and performance reason, I suggest we do
>> not
>>>> disable the WINS server, as some applications may still use NetBIOS
>>>> name.
>>>>
>>>> If you have any questions or concerns related to this issue, please let
>> me
>>>> know.
>>>>
>>>> I appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Steven Wang (MSFT)
>>>> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>>>>
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>>>>>NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 22:01:10 -0500
>>>>>From: "Anonymous" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>>>Subject: WINS 4204 Every 40 Minutes
>>>>>Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 23:00:59 -0400
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>>>>>
>>>>>Another weird issue with a recent SBS install. Very standard and small
>>>>>network with only 3 XP Pro workstations and an HP 1320N networked laser
>>>> jet
>>>>>printer. Every 40 minutes, a WINS 4204 error is logged in the event
>> logs.
>>>>>This is realy annoying. I've tried all the permission changes, etc. in
>> MS
>>>>>articles and reducing the time interval of WINS looking for replication
>>>>>parters. However, nothing has worked. I even took the 1320N printer
>>>>>off
>>>>>the network for a day to see if it was responding to multicast packets
>>>> from
>>>>>WINS. That was not the culprit. Has anyone ever seen this? Do I even
>>>> need
>>>>>WINS running?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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