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PUTTING WINDOWS ON A NETWORK
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This file is intended for system administrators or
anyone who will install Windows on a network to be shared
by multiple users.
The Microsoft License Agreement that came with your
Windows package gives you permission to install Windows
on a network. For information on this license, see the
Grant of License section of this agreement or contact the
Microsoft Information Center.
The files on the CD-ROM may be compressed. To put
Windows with Multimedia Extensions on the network, you
must decompress these files by using the Expand
decompression program that is included with Windows.
To operate Expand efficiently, you will need to create
an MS-DOS batch file. The following procedure contains
the commands necessary to create this batch file.
This procedure assumes you are copying Windows from the CD-ROM
in CD-ROM drive L to the \\WINDOWS network directory on network
disk drive W and that you must decompress these files. You should
replace the pathnames in these examples with the actual ones
you are using, where appropriate.
To install Windows on a network:
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1. Connect to the network.
2. Change to the directory where you want to put the
shared copy of Windows.
3. Type copy con expall.bat at the DOS prompt.
This DOS command means that what you type next will be
copied into EXBALL.BAT batch file. You can use any
filename for this batch file as long as it contains the
.BAT extension.
4. Type the following at the DOS prompt
l:
for %%i in (*.*) do w:\windows\expand %%i w:\windows\%%i
w:
This MS-DOS code creates a program that will allow you
to enter the pathnames of the source and destination of
the Windows files.
5. At the DOS prompt, press CTRL+Z.
This MS-DOS command closes the batch files.
6. Insert the CD-ROM into drive L and type the following at the DOS prompt:
copy l:expand.exe w:\windows
The Expand decompression program is copied to your
network Windows directory.
7. Now type the following:
expall l:*.* w:\windows
This command will run the EXPALL batch file program,
which copies and expands the files from the Windows
disks to the Windows directory on network disk drive W.
You should enter the network disk drive and directory
of your choice.
8. Make all Windows files and the network share read-only.
Users may now connect to this directory and run Setup.
Giving Users Access to Network Applications
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You can give users easier access to applications running
on the network by modifying the SETUP.INF file when you put
Windows on the network. This text file is included with
windows and remains in the shared windows directory.
Windows setup uses this file, among other reasons, to
determine the initial contents of the user's Program
Manager groups. By modifying the file, you can add
applications to these groups and customize their settings.
The [progman.groups] section of SETUP.INF lists the groups
in the Program Manager window. Following this section is a
list of the applications that are displayed as icons in
each group when a user starts WIndows. Each application is
listed by title, pathname, icon filename, and icon number.
These fields are separated by commas. The icon fields are
optional.
If you want Windows to install an application that is on
the network and place it in the user's Program Manager
window, you need to add to SETUP.INF a title (of your
choice) and the pathname of that application.
You have the option of specifying which icon will be
displayed by including an icon filename and/or an icon
number.
The icon filename identifies the file that contains the
icon you want to use. If you want to use an icon that is
assigned to another application, you can enter that
application's filename as the icon filename. If you don't
specify an icon filename, the displayed icon will be one
from the application file. Or, if the application file
does not contain any icons, the icon will come from
Program Manager.
If the file you select contains more than one icon, you
can specify the one you want to use by entering the
appropriate icon number. This number corresponds to the
order in which the icon is listed in the file. If you do
not enter an icon number, Program Manager will use the
first icon listed in the file.
To add a network application to a user's Program Manager window:
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1. Open the SETUP.INF file by using Write.
2. Choose the No Conversion option in the Write dialog box.
3. In the section for the group where you want the
application to appear, type the program title, pathname,
and, optionally, the icon filename and icon number of
the application. The fields must be separated by commas.
4. Choose Save from the File menu to save the changes.
The following are examples of different entries that you
could put in SETUP.INF if you wanted to add a shared copy
of Microsoft Word to a user's Program Manager window.
"Microsoft Word",k:\word\word.exe
"Microsoft Word",k:\word\word.exe,progman.exe
"Microsoft Word",k:\word\word.exe,,2
"Microsoft Word",k:\word\word.exe,progman.exe,2
Keeping a User's Files Off a Shared Directory
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When a user runs an application, Program Manager changes
the user's directory to the one that contains the
application. As a result, a user running a shared
application from the network might accidentally leave
personal files in the shared directory. These files will
use up disk space and possibly interfere with other users.
You can avoid this problem when you add the application to
SETUP.INF. First, make sure the application is located on
the user's path. Then, instead of typing the network
pathname for the application, type the user's personal
Windows directory followed by the application filename.
For example, if EXCEL.EXE is located in K:\APPS, and that
directory is in the user's path, type c:\excel.exe in
SETUP.INF. Then, when the user selects the Excel icon,
Windows will change to the user's directory (C:\) and run
Microsoft Excel from the user's path. Any document files
the user creates will stay in the user's directory rather
than in the shared network directory.
Putting Additional Network Files on a User's System
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When a user runs the network version of Setup, Windows
will copy selected files to the user's system. You can
copy additional files to the user's Windows directory by
adding the filenames to the [net] section of the user's
SETUP.INF file.
To put additional files in the user's Windows directory:
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1. Open the SETUP.INF file by using a text editor, such as
Notepad.
2. find the [net] section of the file. (If you are using
Notepad, you can do this by choosing Find from the
Search menu, type [net], and choosing OK.)
3. Type a drive number, a colon, the filename, and a title
(optional) for the file you want to copy.
You must enter a drive number, but it does not matter
what number you use. Include a title only if you want a
message to appear during Setup that indicates when this
file is being copied to the user's disk.
The following are acceptable entries in the [net] section of SETUP.INF:
2:NEW.PIF
2:NEW.PIF, "Network Application Settings"