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README for Microsoft NetMeeting 2.1
October 1997
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(c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1997
This document provides complementary or late-breaking information
to supplement existing documentation.
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HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT
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To view Netmeet.txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad
window.
To print Netmeet.txt, open it in Notepad or another word
processor, and then use the Print command on the File menu.
CONTENTS
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SETUP
USING MICROSOFT NETMEETING
PLACING A CALL
RECEIVING A CALL
SHARING AN APPLICATION
WHITEBOARD
CHAT
FILE TRANSFER
AUDIO COMMUNICATION
HANGING UP
VIDEO
GENERAL KNOWN ISSUES
WINDOWS NT ISSUES
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SETUP
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Microsoft(R) NetMeeting(TM) enables real-time audio, video, and
data communication over the Internet.
In order to use Microsoft NetMeeting, you must have the
following configuration:
- Microsoft Windows(R) 95 or Windows(R) 98
- At least a 486/66 processor with 8 megabytes of RAM
(Pentium with 12 MB of RAM recommended)
--or--
- Microsoft Windows NT(R) version 4.0
- At least a 486/66 processor with 16 megabytes of RAM
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 required to enable
sharing applications on Windows NT
IMPORTANT NOTES:
* NetMeeting does not run on Windows version 3.1 or beta
versions of Windows 98 older than Beta 3.
* It is strongly recommended that you uninstall earlier beta
versions of Microsoft NetMeeting before installing NetMeeting
2.1.
- If you use special characters, such as "\\" or double-byte
characters, when typing the installation location for NetMeeting
during setup, NetMeeting may not install correctly.
- NetMeeting no longer supports placing calls over IPX or over
PSTN.
- NetMeeting works best with a fast Internet connection (a 28.8k-
baud or faster modem or a local area network).
- To use the audio features of NetMeeting, you need a sound card,
speakers, and a microphone.
- To send video with NetMeeting, you need either a video-capture
card and camera or a video camera that connects through your
computer's parallel (printer) port. You will not be able to
send video on some computers with a processor slower than a
Pentium.
Computers with a bidirectional (ECP or EPP) parallel port will
perform noticeably better with parallel port video cameras than
computers with a unidirectional parallel port.
Cameras that connect to a video-capture card will use less of
your computer's processor than cameras that connect through your
computer's parallel port. It is recommended that you do not use
a color parallel port camera unless your computer is at least a
Pentium 133.
- The application-sharing feature may not perform well while you
are using audio and video and are connected over a slow
connection. Additionally, you might experience "choppy" audio
while using video.
The default setting for video over a 28.8-baud modem connection
is medium quality. To change this setting, click the Tools menu,
click Options, click the Video tab, and then change the Video
Quality option.
- Windows NT users will be able to share applications if they have
installed Service Pack 3 for Windows NT 4.0.
For more information about NetMeeting, including the NetMeeting
Resource Kit, see http://www.microsoft.com/netmeeting/.
For the NetMeeting Software Development Kit (SDK), see
http://www.microsoft.com/netmeeting/sdk.
For information about product support, see the Support.txt
file in your Windows or NetMeeting program directory.
To uninstall Microsoft NetMeeting
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1. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
2. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click Microsoft NetMeeting, and
then click Add/Remove Programs.
3. If a dialog box appears asking if you want to restart your
computer, click Yes.
-or-
1. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
2. On the Windows Setup tab, click Communications, and then click
Details.
3. Clear the Microsoft NetMeeting check box.
Warnings and Known Bugs
-----------------------
- If you uninstall Windows NT Service Pack 3 after installing
NetMeeting 2.1, you will receive an error message when you
restart your computer. To prevent this, carry out the following
steps:
1. Close the error message window.
2. In the Display properties dialog box, click Cancel.
3. In Control Panel, click the Devices icon.
4. Click mnmdd, and then click the Startup button.
5. Change the Startup Type from System to Disabled, and then
click OK.
6. Restart your computer so the change can take effect.
USING MICROSOFT NETMEETING
==========================
- Microsoft NetMeeting includes support for the H.323 audio
and video conferencing standard. NetMeeting can be used to
place calls to and receive calls from products that are H.323-
compatible, including the Intel Internet Video Phone. With
appropriate equipment and services that are currently under
development by third parties, NetMeeting can place a call to
a telephone using an H.323 gateway.
- Microsoft maintains the following directory servers on the
Internet:
ils.microsoft.com
ils1.microsoft.com
ils2.microsoft.com
ils3.microsoft.com
ils4.microsoft.com
ils5.microsoft.com
You can use one of these even if it does not appear in the list
of servers in the wizard.
You can also use the following directory servers not maintained
by Microsoft:
ils.four11.com
ils.business.four11.com
ils.family.four11.com
NOTE
* You will not be able to use these servers to locate people on
the Internet if you connect to the Internet through a proxy
server that does not support Remote WinSock.
- Audio and video work only over TCP/IP and with one other person
at a time.
- If you use this version of NetMeeting to call someone who
is using NetMeeting 2.0, the call-switching feature may not work
correctly.
- This version of NetMeeting enables up to 32 users to share an
application. However if a computer running NetMeeting 2.0 is in
the conference and more than three users are sharing, that computer
will not be able to host an application. In addition, you can be
connected to only one other person with audio and video at a time.
The total number of people who can successfully participate
in your meeting will vary based on available network bandwidth
and the speed of the participants' computers.
- Some activities cause large amounts of data to be sent between
the computers in your meeting (for example, speaking and sharing
several applications while transferring a large file). In extreme
cases, this might cause computers in the meeting to become very
slow. To remedy this, stop one or more of the meeting activities.
- If you try to make a TCP/IP call on your local area network or
through a proxy server and MSN or Dial-Up Networking displays a
connection dialog box, you can disable this by clicking the
Internet icon in Control Panel and then making sure that Auto-
Dial is not selected.
- Sharing of DirectX, OpenGL, MS-DOS(R), and graphics-intensive
games and AVIs does not work well and is not supported.
- If different computers have different screen resolutions during
a meeting, the shared windows can be as large as the highest
resolution desktop allows. Users with lower resolution desktops
must scroll to view windows that don't fit their screens.
- You must have a 32-bit TCP/IP stack and Windows sockets
interface to use NetMeeting with TCP/IP. NetMeeting has
been test