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Article: Q249713
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): ; WINDOWS:
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Keyword(s): kbenv kbimu
Last Modified: 27-OCT-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000 
- Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2001 for Windows 
- Microsoft Encarta Reference Suite 2000 
- Microsoft Encarta Reference Suite 2001 
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SUMMARY
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If you run Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2000 from a shared folder, CD-ROM
drive, or DVD-ROM drive on a network, you need to copy the monthly updates files
to the server?s hard disk to share the monthly updates over the network.

MORE INFORMATION
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To download the monthly updates for Encarta Encyclopedia 2000, visit the
following Encarta Web site:

  http://encarta.msn.com/downloads

To prepare the server to share the Monthly Updates files:

1. Create an Updates folder on the server.

2. Share the Updates folder.

3. On the network administrator's local computer, install Encarta Encyclopedia
  2000.

  NOTE: To install Encarta Encyclopedia on a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
  Server-based computer, you must log on to the computer as an Administrator.

4. Copy both of the following folders from the network administrator's local
  computer into the Updates folder that you created in step 1:

  \YBBDAT

  This folder contains the monthly updates information file, Ybbst00a.dat.

  \Update 2000

  This folder contains the Yearbook article updates (*.ybk) and new Web Link
  (*.ewl) files.

The Update 2000 folder should contain the following files:

  Artlnk.ewl
  Catlnk.ewl
  Lnkoff.ewl
  Master.ewl
  Mvfilter.ewl
  Newlnk00.ewl
  Urldata.ewl
  Yb699a.ybk

NOTE: Each client that runs Encarta Encyclopedia 2000 must have Read permission
for the Updates folder.

Additional query words: multi multi-media media mm ee2k ers2k

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Keywords          : kbenv kbimu 
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbHomeMMsearch kbEncartaSearch kbEncartaEncycSearch kbEncartaEnCyc2000 kbEncartaReference2000 kbEncartaReference2001
Version           : :; WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbhowto

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Q249713: Encarta 2000: How to Share Monthly Updates