Windows NT Server Tools for Windows 95 Beta Notes ------------------------------------------------- This document contains information about the Windows NT(TM) Server Tools that wasn't available when the "Windows NT Server Installation Guide" version 3.5 (also used for Windows NT Server version 3.51) was printed. Contents -------- 1. Installing Windows NT Server Tools 2. Additional Password Prompts for Windows NT Server Tools 3. Establishing Trust Relationships With Windows NT Server Tools 4. Logging on through Windows NT Server Tools 5. Removing Windows NT Server Tools 6. Using Windows NT Server Tools ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Installing Windows NT Server Tools ------------------------------------- This version of Windows NT Server Tools is for use on computers running Windows(TM) 95. To install the Server Tools on a computer running Windows 95: 1. Make sure the boot drive has at least 2.5M free. 2. Click Start, and then point to Settings. 3. Click Control Panel. 4. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. 5. Select the Windows Setup tab. 6. Choose the Have Disk button. Specify a directory (local, CD-ROM, or network drive) that contains the Windows NT Server Tools files (there must be a srvtools.inf file in this directory). Choose OK. 7. Click the box next to the Windows NT Server Tools entry. 8. Choose the Install button. After all of the files are copied, choose OK. Windows NT Server Tools are installed in a \srvtools directory on the computer's boot drive. 9. Manually adjust lines in the computer's AUTOEXEC.BAT file to include c:\srvtools in the PATH (if c: is the boot drive). For example, if the boot drive is c:, append the following to the line that starts with "PATH....": ;c:\srvtools 10. Restart the computer for the new path to take effect. (Click Start, and then click Shut Down. Select Restart the Computer. Click Yes). The Windows NT Server Tools are now installed on the Windows 95 computer. For more information about using Windows NT Server Tools, see "Using Windows NT Server Tools" later in this file. 2. Additional Password Prompts for Windows NT Server Tools ---------------------------------------------------------- When you use the Windows NT Server Tools on a Windows 95 client computer, you will be asked at times to log on or to enter your password for verification. If you were running the normal Windows NT versions of these tools on a Windows NT computer, you would not need to supply your password separately. These additional password prompts are necessary to ensure that you have administrative privilege for the server on which you are focused. 3. Establishing Trust Relationships With Windows NT Server Tools ---------------------------------------------------------------- When you use the Windows NT Server Tools, you can create trust relationships between domains but you cannot verify them. Be sure to enter correct passwords for the trust relationships. 4. Logging on through Windows NT Server Tools --------------------------------------------- If you are not logged on and you start any of the Windows NT Server Tools, you will get a message that says that the computer is not logged on to the network. First log on to the network and then run any of the Windows NT Server Tools. 5. Removing Windows NT Server Tools ----------------------------------- 1. Click Start, and then point to Settings. 2. Click Control Panel. 3. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. 4. Select the Install/Uninstall tab. 5. If you have installed Windows NT Server Tools as described in item 1, you should see the Windows NT Server Tools entry in the Uninstall list. Select it and click Add/Remove. Note: the directory where Windows NT Server Tools was installed (usually c:\srvtools) will not be removed by the Install/Uninstall program. You will have to remove this directory manually. 6. Using Windows NT Server Tools -------------------------------- When you install Windows NT Server Tools the installation program: Copies the Windows NT Server Tools files to c:\srvtools (if c: is the boot drive). Adds "Windows NT Server Tools" to the Start Programs menu. Adds a "Windows NT Server Tools" program group to Program Manager (PROGMAN.EXE, compatible with Windows 3.x). Adds extensions to Windows Explorer so that you can change security settings when viewing an NTFS drive or a print queue on a computer running Windows NT Server or Windows NT Workstation. NOTE: To use any of the Windows NT Server Tools you must have administrative privilege at the computer you choose to administer. To use Event Viewer: 1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then point to Windows NT Server Tools. - or - Start Program Manager (PROGMAN.EXE) and open the Window NT Server Tools group. 2. Click Event Viewer. 3. Type the name of a computer running Windows NT Server or Windows NT Workstation. 4. For more information about Event Viewer, see Windows NT Server or Windows NT Workstation documentation or the online help. To use Server Manager: 1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then point to Windows NT Server Tools. - or - Start Program Manager (PROGMAN.EXE) and open the Window NT Server Tools group. 2. Click Server Manager. 3. Select a computer to administer. Or, from the Computer menu, choose Select Domain to see computers in another domain. 4. For more information about Server Manager, see Windows NT Server documentation or the online help. To use User Manager for Domains: 1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then point to Windows NT Server Tools. - or - Start Program Manager (PROGMAN.EXE) and open the Window NT Server Tools group. 2. Click User Manager for Domains. 3. Choose a user account or group to administer. Or, from the User menu, choose Select Domain to see accounts in another domain. 4. For more information about User Manager for Domains, see Windows NT Server documentation or the online help. To edit security properties of a printer or an NTFS file object on a Windows NT Server or Windows NT Workstation: 1. Focus on the object and look at its Properties dialog box. There are many ways to do this. For example: Click Start, point at Programs, and then click Windows Explorer. In the left pane, double-click Network Neighborhood. In the right pane, double-click the name of the computer you want to administer. In the right pane again, click the object you want to administer. Click the Properties button on the toolbar. - or - Click Start, point at Find, and then click Computer. Type the name of the computer and then click Find Now. Double-click on the name of the computer. Click the object you want to administer. Click the Properties button on the toolbar. 2. In the Properties dialog box, click the Security tab. Now you can change the settings for permissions, auding, and ownership of the object. 3. For more information about changing security settings, see Windows NT Server documentation or the online help. NOTE: The following methods for selecting an object to administer do NOT work: Administering print queues through the Printers list in My Computer. These print queue objects represent print queues local to your Windows 95 computer, even if the queue is redirected to a Windows NT Server or Windows NT Workstation print queue. Using the Windows 3.x Print Manager. It no longer exists in Windows 95; the Printers icon in the Main group of Program Manager is just a shortcut to the Printers list in My Computer. Using File Manager (WINFILE.EXE) in Program Manager. Installing Windows NT Server Tools does not add a Security menu to File Manager as it did for Windows 3.x.