MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO
SC 13G/A, 1999-05-10
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13G


                                 (Rule 13d-102)


             INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2


                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                          (Amendment No.  2   )

                             Network Solutions, Inc.
             -----------------------------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)
                                
                                  Common Stock
              -----------------------------------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    64121Q102
             -----------------------------------------------------
                                 (CUSIP Number)



Check the following box if a fee is  being paid with this statement [ ].


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*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any  subsequent  amendment  containing  information  which  would  alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).

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CUSIP No.64121Q102                    13G                    Page 2  of 10 Pages



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   1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON(S)
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON(S)

          Morgan  Stanley Dean  Witter &  Co.
          IRS  #  39-314-5972
  
       

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   2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [  ]
                                                             (b)  [  ]


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   3.  SEC USE ONLY




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   4.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

          The state of organization is Delaware.


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   NUMBER OF      5.   SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES            0 
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      6.   SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH             808,482    
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       7.   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH             0
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  8.   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                       813,782
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     
          813,782

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*



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  11.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

          4.43%

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  12.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

          IA, CO
                         
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 64121Q102                   13G                    Page 3  of 10 Pages



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   1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON(S)
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON(S)

          Van Kampen Funds Inc.
          IRS # 362811402
  
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [  ]
                                                             (b)  [  ]


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3.  SEC USE ONLY




- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

          The state of organization is Delaware.


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NUMBER OF      5.   SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES            0 
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      6.   SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH             579,782
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       7.   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH             0
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  8.   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                       579,782
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     
          579,782

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*



- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

          3.15%

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  12.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

          IA, CO
                         
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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CUSIP No. 64121Q102                   13G                   Page 4  of  10 Pages





Item 1.     (a)   Name of Issuer:
                  Network Solutions, Inc.
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
            (b)   Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
                  505 Huntmar Park Drive
                  Herndon, VA 20170  
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
Item 2.     (a)   Name of Person Filing:
                  (a)  Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
                  (b)  Van Kampen Funds Inc.                  
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
            (b)   Address of Principal Business Office, or if None, Residence:
                  (a)  1585 Broadway
                       New  York, New  York  10036

                  (b)  One Parkview Plaza
                       Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181                  
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
            (c)   Citizenship:
                           Incorporated  by  reference  to  Item  4  of  the
                           cover page  pertaining  to  each  reporting  person.

                               -------------------------------------------------
            (d)   Title of Class of Securities:
                           Common Stock
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
            (e)   CUSIP Number:
                           64121Q102
                               -------------------------------------------------

Item 3.        (a)  Morgan  Stanley  Dean  Witter  & Co.  is (e)  an  Investment
                    Adviser  registered  under  Section  203 of  the  Investment
                    Advisers Act of 1940.

               (b)  Van  Kampen  Funds  Inc.  is  (e)  an   Investment   Adviser
                    registered under Section 203 of the Investment  Advisers Act
                    of 1940.

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CUSIP No.64121Q102                   13-G                   Page 5  of  10 Pages



Item 4.     Ownership.

               Incorporated  by  reference  to  Items  (5) - (9) and (11) of the
               cover page.

Item 5.     Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

             (a)    As of the date hereof,  Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. has
                    ceased to be the beneficial  owner of more than five percent
                    of the class of securities.

             (b)    As of the date  hereof,  Van Kampen Funds Inc. has ceased to
                    be the  beneficial  owner of more than five  percent  of the
                    class of securities.

Item 6.     Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

             (a)    Inapplicable

             (b)    Inapplicable

Item 7.     Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired
            the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.


Item 8.     Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.


Item 9.     Notice of Dissolution of Group.


Item 10.    Certification.

               By signing  below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
               belief,  the  securities  referred to above were  acquired in the
               ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose
               of and do not have the  effect of  changing  or  influencing  the
               control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in
               connection  with or as a participant  in any  transaction  having
               such purpose or effect.

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CUSIP No.64121Q102                    13-G                   Page 6  of 10 Pages


                                  Signature.


            After  reasonable  inquiry  and to the best of my  knowledge  and
            belief,  I  certify  that  the  information  set  forth  in  this
            statement is true, complete and correct.


Date:       May 10, 1999


Signature:  /s/ Bruce Bromberg
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Name/Title  Bruce Bromberg / Vice President Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
            -----------------------------------------------------------------
            MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO.

Date:       May 10, 1999


Signature:  /s/ Donald P. Ryan 
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Name/Title  Donald P. Ryan / Principal Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment 
                             Management Inc.
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            VAN KAMPEN FUNDS INC.   


                       INDEX TO EXHIBITS                           PAGE
                       -----------------                           ----

EXHIBIT 1       Agreement to Make a Joint Filing                      7

EXHIBIT 2       Secretary's Certificate Authorizing Bruce Bromberg    8
                to Sign on behalf of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
      
EXHIBIT 3       Secretary's Certificate Authorizing Donald P. Ryan    9-10
                to Sign  on behalf of  Van Kampen Funds Inc. 
                


* Attention. Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute federal
  criminal violations (see 18 U.S.C. 1001).

(022597DTI)


Cusip No. 64121Q102                     13G                   Page 7 of 10 Pages


                           EXHIBIT 1 TO SCHEDULE 13G
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                                MAY 10, 1999
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               MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO. and VAN KAMPEN FUNDS INC. hereby

               agree that, unless differentiated,  this Schedule 13G is filed on

               behalf of each of the parties.


          MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO.

BY:       /s/ Bruce Bromberg
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          Bruce Bromberg  /  Vice President Morgan Stanley &  Co. Incorporated

          VAN KAMPEN FUNDS INC.

BY:        /s/ Donald P. Ryan 
           --------------------------------------------------------------------
          Donald P. Ryan / Principal Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment 
                           Management Inc.  


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                                                             Page 8 of 10  Pages
                                  EXHIBIT 2                   ------------------

                 MORGAN STANLEY, DEAN WITTER, DISCOVER & CO.
                                      
                           SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE
                                      



        I, Charlene R. Herzer, a duly elected and acting Assistant Secretary of
Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), certify
that as approved by a Unanimous Consent of Directors in Lieu of a Meeting dated
as of May 31, 1997, the following persons are each authorized to sign reports
to be filed under Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on
behalf of the Corporation, and such authorizations are in full force and
effect as of this date:

                             Stuart J.M. Breslow
                             Robert G. Koppenol
                             Bruce Bromberg
                             Robin Sherak

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of
the Corporation as of the 3rd day of June, 1997.


                                          /s/ Charlene R. Herzer
                                         ------------------------
                                             Charlene R. Herzer
                                             Assistant Secretaty



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                                                             Page 9  of 10 Pages
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                                   EXHIBIT 3

                          CONSENT IN LIEU OF A MEETING
                                     OF THE
                              BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
                 VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                            (a Delaware corporation)


     The undersigned,  being all of the members of the Board of Directors of Van
Kampen  American  Capital  Distributors,   Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the
"Corporation"),  in lieu of holding a special  meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Corporation,  hereby adopt the following resolutions by unanimous written
consent  pursuant to Section 141(f) of the General  Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware:

     RESOLVED,  that any Vice President,  Harold J. Schaaff,  Jr., and Donald P.
Ryan  (the  "Proper  Officers")  are each  authorized  to sign on  behalf of the
Corporation  any  reports to be filed  under  Section  13 and  Section 16 of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended,  and the rules and  regulations
thereunder, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, each such authorization
to cease automatically upon such individual's termination of employment with any
affiliate of the Corporation; and

     FURTHER RESOLVED,  that all prior actions taken by the Proper Officers that
are within the  authority  conferred by the foregoing  resolution  are approved,
ratified and confirmed in all respects; and

     FURTHER RESOLVED,  that any and all actions to be taken, caused to be taken
or heretofore  taken by any officer of the  Corporation in executing any and all
documents, agreements and instruments and in taking any and all steps (including
the payment of all expenses) deemed by such officer as necessary or desirable to
carry out the intents and purposes of the foregoing  resolutions are authorized,
ratified and confirmed.

     The actions  taken by this consent  shall have the same force and effect as
if taken  at a  special  meeting  of the  Board of  Directors  duly  called  and
constituted pursuant to the By-Laws of the Corporation and the laws of the State
of Delaware.
     This  consent may be executed  in two or more  counterparts,  each of which
shall be deemed an original for all purposes,  and together shall constitute one
and the same Consent.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this consent of the Board
of Directors as of the 11th day of February, 1997.

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                                                           Page 10  of 10  Pages
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                       ASSISTANT SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE
                                       OF
                 VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.


     I, James J. Boyne,  the duly elected and appointed  Assistant  Secretary of
Van Kampen American  Capital  Distributors,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation  (the
"Corporation"), hereby certifies that:

     a)      Attached  hereto,  as Exhibit A, is a true and correct  copy of the
     Consent in Lieu of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
     authorizing  the  proper  signatories  to sign  Section  13 and  Section 16
     filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Corporation  has caused this  certificate of the
Assistant Secretary to be signed by James J. Boyne on this 12th day of February,
1997.



                                             /s/ James J. Boyne
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             James J. Boyne






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