Microsoft KB Archive/61172

Windows 3.00 NETWORKS.TXT File: Using a 3Com Network ID Number: Q61172

1.01 1.01 2.00 MS-DOS

Summary:

The following information was taken from the Microsoft Windows version 3.00 online release notes, from the file NETWORKS.TXT. The following article describes considerations involved in running Windows 3.00 with a 3Com network.

More Information:

NETWORKS.TXT 3/29/90 ————

3Com Networks
Make sure you select the proper 3Com option when you install Windows, as outlined in Chapter 14, “Networks and Windows,” in the Windows User’s Guide.


 * 3Com’s 3+Share network is based on the Microsoft Network product and will be handled as such by Windows. (See the section on Microsoft Network above.)
 * 3Com’s 3+Open network is based on Microsoft LAN Manager and should be handled as such by Windows. For 3+Open (based on LanMan 1.0) you must install LANMAN10.386 driver. (See the section on LAN Manager above.)

In addition:

  If you install Windows for 3Com networks, Setup makes the following entry in the [386enh] section of SYSTEM.INI for you. TimerCriticalSection=10000 This setting is required if you are running Windows in 386 mode and using an XNS protocol stack with a 3Com network. However, if you want to use this stack, but did not install 3Com networks with Setup, you need to insert the above entry yourself. For example, you might be using the 3Com XNS stack with another network. If you do not use the XNS stack with 3Com networks, you can improve performance by removing the SYSTEM.INI entry.   When you install Windows, Setup will modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to make sure the Windows directory appears on your path ahead of any conflicting directories. However, because of the way that 3+Share implements its startup procedures, the network might change this path when you login to it. If so, your system administrator must modify the network login procedure so that the paths are set correctly to run Windows.   On a 3Com 3+Open network, the user’s name displayed by Print Manager might not match the user’s actual login name. 