Microsoft KB Archive/93780

= Installing WinLogin with Windows for Workgroups =

Article ID: 93780

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1
 * Microsoft WinLogin

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This article was previously published under Q93780



SUMMARY
To install Microsoft WinLogin with Windows for Workgroups, you must follow the procedures in this article for all computers that will be running the WinLogin application.

NOTE: These procedures only work with a Windows for Workgroups network or Microsoft LAN Manager network, as they can connect through the MS-DOS level before starting Windows for Workgroups.



MORE INFORMATION
Make the following changes for each computer that will be running Windows for Workgroups and WinLogin:

 From your Windows for Workgroups Disk 3 (either 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch disks), expand a copy of the MSNET.DR_ file and place this file in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

Type the following command at the MS-DOS command prompt to expand the file:

expand x:\MSNET.DR_ c:\windows\system\msnet.drv

where x is the floppy drive that contains the MSNET.DR_ file.  In the [BOOT] section of the SYSTEM.INI file, change the following line: NETWORK.DRV=WFWNET.DRV to: NETWORK.DRV=MSNET.DRV   In the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file, comment out the following line: NETWORK=VNETBIOS.386,VNETSUP.386,VREDIR.386,VSERVER.386, VBROWSE.386,VWC.386 by placing a semicolon as the first character, as follows: ;NETWORK=VNETBIOS.386,VNETSUP.386,VREDIR.386,VSERVER.386, VBROWSE.386,VWC.386  Add the following line to the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file:

NETWORK=*VNETBIOS,*DOSNET

 (Optional) To keep the WinLogin application transparent to users, you may want to add the following as the last line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

net start enhanced

This starts the MS-DOS redirector without any intervention from the user, and after the computer is started, the user needs to type a user name and password only. The user can then start Windows for Workgroups (along with the WinLogin application). To install the WinLogin Client Software, you must first log in at the MS-DOS level and connect to the server\share locations where WinLogin is installed before you start Windows for Workgroups. Start Windows for Workgroups. You will receive an error message stating that you do not have network connections because you are using the MSNET.DRV driver.</li> Start File Manager. You will not have Network options; however, you will see the network drives that you connected to before starting.</li> Install the Client software from either a disk drive or network drive.</li></ol>

Once the software is installed, you must do one of the following to have all Windows for Workgroups functionality returned:


 * Edit the SYSTEM.INI file in the users directory and remove the remarks from steps 2, 3, and 4 above.

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 * Using the INI Editor, add to the WinLogin database the lines in SYSTEM.INI that reflect Windows for Workgroups entries (steps 2, 3, and 4 above).

Once the changes have been made, you have full functionality of both WinLogin and Windows for Workgroups. You can share resources as well as connect to shared resources.

It is not necessary to create a persistent connection to the server containing the WinLogin database because the WinLogin application can connect and disconnect as necessary.

Additional query words: 3.10 1.0 win login

Keywords: KB93780

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