Q: How can I run the Link
Layer Topology Discovery
(LLTD) responder update
for Windows XP on Windows
Server 2003?
A: The LLTD responder update
lets XP computers appear in Windows
Vista’s Network Map feature.
By default, you can’t run the
LLTP responder update under
Windows 2003; Windows 2003
servers will show as unknown
location devices. However, you
can try to force the update to run
by performing these steps:
- Download the update from
www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4f01a31d-ee46-481e-ba11-37f485fa34ea.
- Attempt to run the update
on a Windows 2003 server, but
don’t click OK to the error about
updatebr.inf.
- At the root of the C drive,
you’ll see a folder name in the
format 7be840d99a33259a5b77a0
a9; open this folder and copy the
update folder to another location.
- Click OK to the error message
that displays.
- In the copy of the update
folder, right-click update.exe and
select Properties.
- Under the Compatibility
tab, select Run this program in
compatibility mode for and select
Windows XP.
- Click Apply, then click OK.
- Execute update.exe
I’ve had mixed results with this
working on all Windows 2003
servers, but it’s definitely worth a
try.
—John Savill
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