Specify the Number of Broadcast Name Resolution Attempts (Windows 95/98/Me)

This setting controls the number of attempts to resolve a NetBIOS name using a broadcast query.

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Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new string value (or DWORD for Windows 95), called "BcastNameQueryCount" and set it to equal the number of attempts.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		BcastNameQueryCount	REG_DWORD	0x00000005 (5)

	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MST...

Related Tweaks

• Specify the Timeout Period for Broadcast Queries (Windows 95/98/Me)
• Specify the NetBIOS Name Cache Timeout Period (Windows 95/98/Me)

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