Microsoft KB Archive/187502

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How to Force NetShow 2.0 Clients to Upgrade to 3.0

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Q187502

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server NetShow 3.0 Services

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SUMMARY
There are several features offered by Microsoft Windows NT Server NetShow 3.0 Services that will not be available to users that are running the NetShow 2.0 client. The steps below offer a method to force NetShow 2.0 users to upgrade to NetShow 3.0 Services.

MORE INFORMATION
From the NetShow Services release notes:

  You can forcibly upgrade NetShow clients from version 2.0 to version 3.0. To do this, change the name of the .asf file, upgrade.asf, located in the ASF content root (by default, C:\asfroot), to fupgrade.asf. Leave fupgrade.asf in the Home directory (or ASF content root). After you rename this file, whenever any Microsoft NetShow Player version 2.0 connects to any publishing point, instead of streaming the requested stream, NetShow Server streams fupgrade.asf to that client. This .asf file explains to users that they can upgrade their client, and should. The .asf file also contains a script command that opens users' browsers, and goes to a Microsoft Web site where they can download the version 3.0 client. Additional query words:

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