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Q117440: Novell NetWare 3.12 and 4.0 Support in Windows 3.11

Article: Q117440
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win31
Last Modified: 27-SEP-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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Windows 3.11 includes all necessary Windows support files to use with Novell
NetWare versions 3.12 and 4.0. The "Novell NetWare (Shell Versions 4.0 and
above)" option in Windows Setup supports both NetWare 3.12 and 4.0 using Shell
versions 4.0 and above (VLM).

To enable NetWare 3.12 or 4.0 functionality in Windows 3.11, verify that you have
all the necessary MS-DOS-level drivers already working (for example, the new VLM
redirector). You can obtain the MS-DOS-level drivers by installing the client
software for NetWare 3.12 or 4.0. The latest version of this software is
available in the Novell forum on CompuServe.

You should be able to log on and attach to a NetWare server before installing
Windows 3.11 support for NetWare. If you can log on to your NetWare server at
MS-DOS, use the following steps to enable NetWare functionality in Windows
3.11:

1. In the Main group, run Windows Setup.

2. From the Options menu, choose Change System Settings.

3. Select "Novell NetWare (Shell Versions 4.00 and above)" for Network.

Windows then prompts you for the appropriate disks and makes changes to your
Windows configuration to support NetWare Shell versions 4.0 and above.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following changes are made when you set up Windows 3.11 for Novell NetWare
Shell versions 4.0 and above.

NOTE: Some files have different names on the distribution disks than what they
are expanded to by Setup. This is necessary to differentiate the Windows support
files for NetWare 3.x, 3.12, and 4.0. If you need to manually expand a NetWare
support file from the Windows 3.11 distribution disks, note the filename on the
distribution disks and the expanded filename below.

Setup expands the following files to the Windows directory:

  NWCALLS.DLL
  NWNET.DLL
  NWIPXSPX.DLL
  NWLOCALE.DLL
  NWPSRV.DLL
  TASKID.COM
  TBMI240.CO_   expands to    TBMI2.COM

Setup expands the following files into the Windows SYSTEM subdirectory:

  NW40.DR_      expands to    NETWARE.DRV
  VIPX40.38_    expands to    VIPX.386
  NW40.HL_      expands to    NETWARE.HLP
  VNW40.38_     expands to    VNETWARE.386
  NWPOP40.EX_   expands to    NWPOPUP.EXE

Setup creates a Windows NLS subdirectory and expands the following files to it:

  UNI_1252.001
  1252_UNI.001
  UNI_MON.001
  UNI_COL.001

Setup creates a Windows NLS\ENGLISH subdirectory and expands the following files
to it:

  TASKID.MSG
  TBMI2.MSG
  NW40.HL_     expands to NETWARE.HLP

Also, the following changes are made to the SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI files:

SYSTEM.INI
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     [Boot]
     Network.drv=Netware.drv

     [386Enh]
     Network=*vnetbios,vnetware.386, vipx.386
     OverlappedIO=off
     TimerCriticalSection=10000
     ReflectDOSInt2A=True
     UniqueDOSPSP=True
     PSPIncrement=5

WIN.INI
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  Load=nwpopup.exe

Additional query words: 3.11 3.10 3.1 4.00 vlm

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Keywords          : win31 
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.11

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