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Control Network Adapter Responses to a WINS Query (Windows 95/98/Me)

In computers with multiple network adapters this setting specifies whether to send all IP addresses or only one IP address in response to a WINS query request.

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Open your registry and find or create the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "SingleResponse" and set it according to the value data below.

Exit your registry; you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

Note: For Windows 98, the Data Type is a String value.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|SingleResponseREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
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|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MST...|
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Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP]
Value Name: SingleResponse
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

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Last modified: August 20, 2002