IP Tools NB SCANNER...and NETAPI32.DLL

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jhprushton
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Post by jhprushton »

I am presently trying out IP TOOLS for the first time (having downloaded the unregistered 'official' version (2.08) to try before i buy).

However... every time I try to use the NB SCANNER part of IP TOOLS I get the following message....

'Warning: Cannot load attapi32.dll'

Basically, this means that this part of the IP TOLLS Program is unfunctional..I would be obliged for any help possible.

THANKX Chaps and Chapessess's!

By the way.... I am using WINDOWS ME and a 56k modem ... and 'all' other parts of the program work fine.(if that helps?)



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Post by KS-Soft »

>Basically, this means that this part of the >IP TOLLS Program is unfunctional..

Not exactly, it means some part of Windows ME is unfunctional. Windows 9x/ME contains netapi32.dll but this DLL does not work, its just stub. On Windows NT, Windows 2000, and XP this DLL works properly.
In case of IP-Tools this warning message means IP-Tools will be unable to detect OS on remote system. Everything else will work.

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Alex

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Post by Guest »

I have the same problem in Windows 98 SE
Warning: Cannot load netapi32.dll
Is it a way to fix this?

Thanks in advance, RH.
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Post by KS-Soft »

Way to fix? Of course, you can install normal OS like NT 4.0, or Windows 2000.
But this message its just warning, its not error, IP-Tools works even on Windows 98.

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Post by Guest »

I am using Win XP SP1 and do not see such warning, but OS detection in NB Scanner does not work anyway... It reports some cryptic error.
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Post by KS-Soft »

IP-Tools can recognize remote OS not in all cases. Sometimes its possible, sometimes doesn't.
What exactly error message do you see?

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Alex
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Post by Guest »


Errors look something like these:

192.168.4.33 Error: úW

and with name resolution enabled:

192.168.4.38 (OEMCOMPUTER) Error: úì

And yes, sometimes (rarely) OS detection works.
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I´m waiting fot the answer too ;(
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Post by KS-Soft »

Sorry for delay, checked why IP-Tools can display so strange error message on XP. Fixed, there is update at http://www.ks-soft.net/download/ipt208d.zip

BTW: Error message displayed by NB Scanner does not relate to OS detection, it relates to resource enumeration. IP-Tools just try to detect OS, when its impossible IP-Tools does not display any error.

Also, If you have enabled both "Detect OS" and "Scan resources" options, IP-Tools will display OS name only when it got list of resources. So, if you want to know OS on remote system but don't care about resources, disable "Scan resources" option (located on NB Scanner page in the Options dialog).

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Alex
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Post by Guest »

Thanks, Alex

The error has gone now.

Do you have any time estimate when services and users enumeration will work?

Thanks again for the bugfixes!
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Post by KS-Soft »

You are welcome :smile:

>Do you have any time estimate when services and users enumeration will work?

Hard to say, this task has "low" priority. May be in Spring 2003.

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Alex
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Post by Guest »

Hello, I Try the program. Is very nice.
When you scan a resource with NBScan and you find a machine with resources...What it mean?.
Can I get access to this resources?...
Thanks!.
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Post by KS-Soft »

When utility detects system with some resources it means the system has shared resources. Shared resources can be available for anyone or just for some users, resources can be password protected, available for write or read operations, etc.
If you want to connect to some resource you can use (for example) standard command line utility "NET". E.g. "NET USE K: \computernameresourcename password /USER:username"

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