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February 2, 2000
When the of the remote computer is resolved by DNS, NBTSTAT -a returns Host not found because it is broken.
The workaround is:
1. Ping
2. nbtstat -A
NOTE: The problem exists through Service Pack 6a, and may not be fixed in subsequent Service Packs.
NOTE: The problem does not exist in Windows 2000.
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