====================================================================== Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File) WG1129: UPDATED FILES FROM THE WINDOWS NT(TM) SERVER VERSION 3.5 CD-ROM ====================================================================== Revision Date: 1/95 1 disk included The following information applies to Microsoft Windows(R) for Workgroups, version 3.11. ------------------------------------------------------------------- | INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY | | ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an Application | | Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER | | EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED | | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR | | PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and | | the use of this Application Note. This Application Note may be | | copied and distributed subject to the following conditions: 1) All | | text must be copied without modification and all pages must be | | included; 2) If software is included, all files on the disk(s) | | must be copied without modification (the MS-DOS(R) utility | | diskcopy is appropriate for this purpose); 3) All components of | | this Application Note must be distributed together; and 4) This | | Application Note may not be distributed for profit. | | | | Copyright (C) 1995 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. | | Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registered trademarks and | | Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ The WG1129 disk included with this Application Note contains six updated Windows for Workgroups 3.11 files that are shipped on the CD-ROM version of Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5. These updated files provide the following improvements: - Support for named pipes over direct host IPX - Performance enhancements to direct host IPX - A patch to prevent browse masters from synchronizing and announcing simultaneously - Changes to allow Windows NT remote administrators to work on Windows for Workgroups - Changes to allow browsing of Windows NT workgroups outside a subnet - Changes to allow Windows NT 3.5 servers to screen out older Windows for Workgroups clients trying to connect through direct host IPX To install the updated files ---------------------------- 1. If you received a disk with this Application Note, insert the disk in the appropriate floppy disk drive. If you downloaded this Application Note from an online service, skip to step 2. This procedure assumes that you have already downloaded and extracted the compressed file. 2. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER copy :\net.exe where is either the letter of your floppy disk drive or the directory containing the file you downloaded from online services, and is the path to your Windows directory. For example, if you are installing from a floppy disk that you inserted in drive A, and C:\WINDOWS is the path to your Windows directory: copy a:\net.exe c:\windows Or, for example, if you downloaded the WG1129.EXE file from online services to C:\DOWNLOAD and C:WINDOWS is the path to your Windows directory: copy c:\download\net.exe c:\windows 3. Copy the remaining five files to the Windows SYSTEM subdirectory one at a time. For example, type the following commands and press ENTER after each one: copy a:\ndis.386 c:\windows\system copy a:\netapi.dll c:\windows\system copy a:\nwnblink.386 c:\windows\system copy a:\vnetsetup.386 c:\windows\system copy a:\vredir.386 c:\windows\system The table below lists the new file sizes and dates: File Size Date (bytes) --------------------------------- NDIS.386 27,846 9/4/94 NET.EXE 450,262 9/4/94 NETAPI.DLL 109,120 9/4/94 NWNBLINK.386 37,964 9/4/94 VNETSETUP.386 14,647 9/4/94 VREDIR.386 85,746 9/4/94 4. Reboot your computer and restart Windows.