Click this to disconnect your computer from a server on the list.

Note  If you detach from servers in your search path, you might be unable to use your NetWare commands and utilities.


Disconnects your computer from a server you are attached to over the network.

To detach from a server, click the name of the server on the list, and then click Detach.

Note  If you detach from servers in your search path, you might be unable to use your NetWare commands and utilities.


Lists the servers you have connections to, and displays information about each connection. The list is sorted by server name. To sort the list of servers by a different category, click the button that refers to that category.

Name indicates the name of the server.

Type indicates whether the server uses NetWare Directory Services (NDS), or a network database called a bindery, to store information about objects on the network. Servers that use the bindery are probably running versions of NetWare earlier than 4.x.

A connection number is assigned whenever a computer attaches to a NetWare server. This includes when you map a network drive, print a document on a network printer, or view the properties for a server, printer, or directory map object in Network Neighborhood.

Logged In As indicates the name the server recognizes you to be using. An asterisk (*) in front of the name indicates that you have not mapped a network drive to a folder on the server, printed to a printer or queue connected to the server, or viewed a printer or print queue.

Note  The list is refreshed every 10 seconds. When the list is refreshed, the list is automatically sorted by server name, and no servers are selected.


Help is available for each item on this dialog box. Click [image] at the top of the dialog box, and then click the specific item you want information about.


Provides a space for you to type a user name, which is used for logging in to the NDS tree.


Provides a space for you to type a password, which is used for logging in to the NDS tree.


Specifies your name context, and provides a space for you to type a new context. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a different context.


Specifies your preferred Directory Services tree. You can click the scroll arrows to select a different tree.


Specifies whether Windows caches the password you use to log into the NDS tree.


Select the name of a Directory Services tree from the list.


Specifies the name of the computer for which properties are listed.


Specifies a description or other comment about the computer.


Specifies the version of Novell NetWare Server software running on this server.


Specifies the revision of the software running on the server.


Specifies the number of connections to this server.


Specifies the maximum number of connections that can be made to this server.


Specifies the name of the volume or directory map.


Specifies the name of the server on which the volume or directory map is located.


Specifies the path for the shared folder.


Specifies the volume on which the directory is located.


Displays exactly how much disk space on this volume is used, in bytes and megabytes.


Displays exactly how much disk space on this volume is free, in bytes and megabytes.


Displays the total capacity of the volume, in both bytes and megabytes.


Specifies whether this volume supports long filenames.


Displays how much space on the volume is used (in blue) and how much is free (in pink).


Specifies the name of the workgroup of computers this computer belongs to. A workgroup is generally composed of the computers you are most likely to communicate with, containing most of the network resources you will want to use.


Specifies the type of network or service this computer is using, such as File And Printer Sharing For NetWare Networks.


Specifies the Directory Services name for this object.


Specifies the object class for this object.


Specifies a description or other comment about the computer.


Click this to look at information about connections to this computer.


Click this to see who is connected to this computer and to see how system resources such as processing time are being used.


Click this to enable you or an administrator to change settings on this computer remotely (without going to the computer to change them).


Specifies the printer name.


Specifies the name of the queue file associated with the printer.


Click this to change your NDS login settings.


Displays your current login information. To change your login information, click Advanced.


Click this to log into a directory tree.


Click this to log into a NetWare 3.x server or an NDS server using bindery services. Bindery services make objects in the hierarchical directory tree appear as if they were in a bindery database.


Provides a space for you to specify your preferred server.


Click this to enable a system policy file for this organization or organizational unit. When users log into this context, the system policy file you specify will be run.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the NDS volume on which the policy file is stored.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the NDS volume on which the policy file is stored.


Provides a space for you to type the network path of the policy file.


Provides a space for you to type the network path of the policy file.


Provides a space to type the name of the NDS tree you log into. For information about the NDS tree, contact your network administrator.


Provides a space for you to type your computer's default context here. For more information about your default context, contact your network administrator.


Click here to enable Point And Print setup for this printer.

If Point and Print is enabled, Windows can automatically provide printer-driver information when the user installs the printer.


Click here to disable Point And Print setup. If Point and Print is disabled, the user has to provide printer-driver information when installing this printer.


Help is available for each item on this dialog box. Click [image] at the top of the dialog box, and then click the specific item you want information about.


Click here to specify the manufacturer and model of the printer.


Displays the type of printer you are using. This type must match your printer or be one that your printer can emulate.


Displays the type of printer you are using. This type must match your printer or be one that your printer can emulate.


Provides a space for you to type the path to a folder where the drivers for this printer are stored.

Note  You must have write access to this folder, and users must have read access to it.


Provides a space for you to type the path to a folder where the drivers for this printer are stored.

Note  You must have write access to this folder, and users must have read access to it.


Help is available for each item on this dialog box. Click [image] at the top of the dialog box, and then click the specific item you want information about.


Help is available for each item on this dialog box. Click [image] at the top of the dialog box, and then click the specific item you want information about.


Help is available for each item in this group. Click [image] at the top of the dialog box, and then click the specific item you want information about.


Click this to capture a port (map it to a network drive).


Click this to release a port (remove the mapping to a network drive).


Specifies how much time (in seconds) Windows will wait for the printer to come online before reporting an error.


Specifies whether files that have already been sent to the printer will still be printed even if the port is disconnected from the printer (for example, if the printer is disconnected from the network). If this box is selected, the files will still be printed.


Help is available for each item in this group. Click [image] at the top of the dialog box, and then click the specific item you want information about.


Specifies the form type (page dimensions) that you want to use. To use the default form, type a zero in this box, and make sure the Name box is empty.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the form you want to use. Type the name exactly as it appears on your NetWare server.

To use the default form, type a zero in the Type box, and make sure the this box is empty.


Help is available for each item in this group. Click [image] at the top of the dialog box, and then click the specific item you want information about.


Inserts a banner page (separator page) between each document printed. A banner page is useful if many people use your printer or if you print multiple documents at once. To customize the banner page, type the text you want.

Note..If you are using a PostScript printer, make sure this box is not selected, unless your network administrator has configured your printer to provide a PostScript banner page.


Specifies the number of copies you want printed.

This setting applies to all documents you print on this printer. Sometimes you can also specify the number of copies you want to print from within a program. If you change this setting in your program, the change will affect only the document you print from that program. It is recommended that you do not change the setting in both places.


For files printed from MS-DOS-based programs, specifies whether to convert tab stops to spaces and how many spaces to substitute for each tab stop.


Specifies whether a form-feed command is sent to the printer after your file is printed. Select this box only if your MS-DOS-based program does not automatically do this.


Installing Microsoft Service for NDS

1	In Control Panel, double-click the Network icon, and then click Add.

2	Double-click Service.

3	Click Have Disk, and then type the drive name for the disk or network drive where the Service for NDS files are located.

4	The next time you start your computer, you are prompted to log in to the NDS (NetWare Directory Services ) tree. Make sure the dialog box refers to the correct context and tree.

Warning

Do not click Cancel during installation. You must complete the installation process and then remove the Service for NDS. Certain files are copied over with Service for NDS versions, and only uninstalling will restore the files properly.

Note

The setup process for Microsoft Service for NDS adds a line to your Autoexec.bat file. This line runs a batch file, _Nwnds.bat, when you restart your computer after installing the Service for NDS. The batch file runs only once, but the line remains in Autoexec.bat. You might want to delete this line.

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Setting the login context and tree when you log in to NDS
To set the login context and tree when you log in to NDS

1	In the Enter Network Password dialog box, click Advanced.

2	Click Context, and then type the location in the NDS tree where your user object is located.

3	Click Tree, and then choose the name of your NDS tree from the list of available trees.


Removing Microsoft Service for NDS
To remove Microsoft Service for NDS

1	In Control Panel, double-click the Network icon.

2	Click Microsoft Service for NetWare Directory Services, and then click Remove.

Important

When Windows 95 copies networking files from your Windows 95 Setup disk, several messages appear, saying that older versions of files are being copied over the newer versions on your computer, and asking whether you want to keep the newer versions. To remove the Service for NDS, click No every time this message appears.


Configuring the default context for a computer
To configure the default context for a computer

1	In Control Panel, double-click the Network icon.

2	Double-click Service for NetWare Directory Services.

3	Click Preferred Tree, and then type the name of your preferred tree.

4	Click Workstation Default Context, and then type the name of your default context.

Notes

When you log in using a different login context from the computer's default context, the current context does not switch to your login context, but the container script from your login context is run. For example, suppose Anne has a user object in the APPS container object. She logs into a computer whose default context is set to MARKETING, using the full distinguished name .CN=ANNE.O=APPS. Even though her login context is APPS, the current context stays in MARKETING, but the APPS container login script is run.

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The default context determines what you can see and use in Network Neighborhood. On computers running VLM, you set it by using the Net.cfg file. The login context is the context where your user object is located. In many cases, your default context and login context will be the same, so you can log in without using a full or partial distinguished name.


Viewing the contents of other organizational units
To view other organizational units in Network Neighborhood

Double-click the Entire Network icon.


Changing to another context by using Network Neighborhood
To change to another context by using Network Neighborhood

Using the right mouse button, click the organization or organizational unit you want to change your current context to, and then click Set Current Context.


Specifying your preferred server
To specify your preferred server

1	In Control Panel, double-click the Network icon.

2	Click Client for NetWare Networks, and then click Properties.

3	Click Preferred Server, and type the name of the server.

Note

If the preferred server is a 4.X server in the same NDS tree the user is logging into, it will be used for authentication when you log in, if it is available. If, however, it is set to a 3.X or 4.X server in a different tree, the setting is ignored.


Viewing information about your connections
To view information about your connections

Using the right mouse button, click the Network Neighborhood icon, and then click Who Am I.

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Detaching from a server by using the Who Am I window
To detach from a server by using the Who Am I window

In the Who Am I window, click the name of the server you want to detach from, and then click Detach.