Microsoft KB Archive/220593

= NetMeeting 2.11 Netmeet.txt File Contents (1 of 2) =

Article ID: 220593

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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SUMMARY
This article contains a copy of the information in the Netmeet.txt file included with Netmeeting 2.11. This file is located in the NetMeeting folder after Netmeeting 2.11 is installed.



MORE INFORMATION
 README for Microsoft NetMeeting 2.11 November 1998

(c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1998

This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to supplement existing documentation.

HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT

To view Netmeet.txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window.

To print Netmeet.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor, and then use the Print command on the File menu.

CONTENTS

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SETUP USING NETMEETING PLACING A CALL RECEIVING A CALL SHARING AN APPLICATION WHITEBOARD CHAT FILE TRANSFER AUDIO COMMUNICATION HANGING UP VIDEO GENERAL KNOWN ISSUES WINDOWS NT ISSUES

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SETUP

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Microsoft(R) NetMeeting(R) enables real-time audio, video, and data communication over the Internet.

In order to use NetMeeting, you must have the following configuration:

- Microsoft Windows(R) 95 or Windows(R) 98 - At least a 486/66 processor with 8 megabytes of RAM (Pentium with 12 MB of RAM recommended)

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- Microsoft Windows NT(R) 4.0 - At least a 486/66 processor with 16 megabytes of RAM - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or later required to enable sharing applications on Windows NT

IMPORTANT NOTES:

* NetMeeting 2.11 does not run on Windows 3.1 or beta versions of Windows 98 older than Beta 3.

* It is strongly recommended that you uninstall earlier beta versions of NetMeeting before installing NetMeeting 2.11.

- If you use special characters, such as "\\" or double-byte characters, when typing the installation location for NetMeeting during setup, NetMeeting may not install correctly.

- NetMeeting no longer supports placing calls over IPX or over PSTN.

- NetMeeting works best with a fast Internet connection (a 28.8k- baud or faster modem or a local area network).

- To use the audio features of NetMeeting, you need a sound card, speakers, and a microphone.

- To send video with NetMeeting, you need either a video-capture card and camera or a video camera that connects through your computer's parallel (printer) port. You will not be able to  send video on some computers with a processor slower than a   Pentium.

Computers with a bidirectional (ECP or EPP) parallel port will perform noticeably better with parallel port video cameras than computers with a unidirectional parallel port.

Cameras that connect to a video-capture card will use less of  your computer's processor than cameras that connect through your computer's parallel port. It is recommended that you do not use a color parallel port camera unless your computer is at least a  Pentium 133.

- The application-sharing feature may not perform well while you are using audio and video and are connected over a slow connection. Additionally, you might experience "choppy" audio while using video.

The default setting for video over a 28.8-baud modem connection is medium quality. To change this setting, click the Tools menu, click Options, click the Video tab, and then change the Video Quality option.

- Windows NT users will be able to share applications if they have installed Service Pack 3 or later for Windows NT 4.0.

For more information about NetMeeting, including the NetMeeting Resource Kit, see http://www.microsoft.com/netmeeting/.

For the NetMeeting Software Development Kit (SDK), see http://www.microsoft.com/netmeeting/sdk.

For information about product support, see the Support.txt file in your Windows or NetMeeting program folder.

To uninstall NetMeeting --- 1. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 2. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click NetMeeting, and then click Add/Remove Programs. 3. If a dialog box appears asking if you want to restart your computer, click Yes.

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1. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 2. On the Windows Setup tab, click Communications, and then click Details. 3. Clear the NetMeeting check box.

Warnings and Known Bugs --- - If you uninstall Windows NT Service Pack 3 or later after installing NetMeeting 2.11, you will receive an error message when you restart your computer. To prevent this, carry out the following steps:

1. Close the error message window. 2. In the Display properties dialog box, click Cancel. 3. In Control Panel, click the Devices icon. 4. Click mnmdd, and then click the Startup button. 5. Change the Startup Type from System to Disabled, and then click OK. 6. Restart your computer so the change can take effect.

- If, after enabling application sharing on the NT version of NetMeeting, your computer faults, you may have an incompatible display driver and will need to do one of the following:

- Uninstall / reinstall NetMeeting and not enable application sharing - Upgrade the driver - Use a generic display driver - Install a different video adapter - Install the current release of the NT Service Pack.

USING NETMEETING

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- NetMeeting includes support for the H.323 audio and video conferencing standard. NetMeeting can be used to place calls to and receive calls from products that are H.323-compatible, including the Intel Internet Video Phone. With appropriate equipment and services that are currently under development by third parties, NetMeeting can place a call to  a telephone using an H.323 gateway.

- Microsoft maintains the following directory servers on the Internet:

ils.microsoft.com ils1.microsoft.com ils2.microsoft.com ils3.microsoft.com ils4.microsoft.com ils5.microsoft.com

You can use one of these even if it does not appear in the list of servers in the wizard.

You can also use the following directory servers not maintained by Microsoft:

ils.four11.com ils.business.four11.com ils.family.four11.com

NOTE * You will not be able to use these servers to locate people on    the Internet if you connect to the Internet through a proxy server that does not support Remote WinSock.

- Audio and video work only over TCP/IP and with one other person at a time.

- If you use this version of NetMeeting to call someone who is using NetMeeting 2.0, the call-switching feature may not work correctly.

- This version of NetMeeting enables up to 32 users to share an  application. However if a computer running NetMeeting 2.0 is in  the conference and more than three users are sharing, that computer will not be able to host an application. In addition, you can be  connected to only one other person with audio and video at a time.

The total number of people who can successfully participate in your meeting will vary based on available network bandwidth and the speed of the participants' computers.

- Some activities cause large amounts of data to be sent between the computers in your meeting (for example, speaking and sharing  several applications while transferring a large file). In extreme cases, this might cause computers in the meeting to become very slow. To remedy this, stop one or more of the meeting activities.

- If you try to make a TCP/IP call on your local area network or  through a proxy server and MSN or Dial-Up Networking displays a   connection dialog box, you can disable this by clicking the Internet icon in Control Panel and then making sure that Auto- Dial is not selected.

- Sharing of DirectX, OpenGL, MS-DOS(R), and graphics-intensive games and AVIs does not work well and is not supported.

- If different computers have different screen resolutions during a meeting, the shared windows can be as large as the highest resolution desktop allows. Users with lower resolution desktops must scroll to view windows that don't fit their screens.

- You must have a 32-bit TCP/IP stack and Windows sockets interface to use NetMeeting with TCP/IP. NetMeeting has been tested with the 32-bit TCP/IP and Windows sockets built into Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows NT 5.0.

- Application-sharing, Whiteboard, and Chat might not work properly between computers with different language settings and keyboard layouts.

- NetMeeting supports using Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later, and Windows NT 5.0 system policies to set default configurations in a corporate environment.

NetMeeting system policies are documented, and a system policy file is included in the NetMeeting Resource Kit. For more information about the NetMeeting Resource Kit, see http://www.microsoft.com/netmeeting/reskit.

- If NetMeeting hangs or faults when it starts, check to see if you have a damaged font in your fonts folder or if you have an incompatible font installed such as the Franklin Gothic Book font or the fonts installed by HP Fonts for Family.

- If you are using Internet Explorer 4.0 in Offline mode and you try to start NetMeeting, NetMeeting will not automatically connect to the Internet. To work around this problem, dial up using RAS (for Windows NT computers) or Dial-Up Networking (for Windows 9x computers). Or, in Internet Explorer, click the File menu, and then click Work Offline to clear the check mark.

- NetMeeting does not function properly over SLIRP connections or other simulated SLIP/PPP connections.

PLACING A CALL

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You can place NetMeeting calls to multiple users. Any person in a meeting can place NetMeeting calls to other people. In addition, other people can join a NetMeeting call in progress by calling one of the participants.

Warnings and Known Bugs --- - If you cannot connect to someone by using their computer name, try using their IP address.

- If you click someone's name in the Web directory and get a  message asking whether you would like to open or save the file, select open file.

- If you click someone's name in the Web directory and get a  message saying that the file type is unrecognized, you need to configure your browser to associate the ILS directory files with NetMeeting.

For instructions on how to do this, refer to your browser documentation. You will need the following information:

MIME file type: "text/iuls" Command line: "rundll32.exe msconf.dll,NewMediaPhone %l"

MIME file type: "text/h323" Command line: "rundll32.exe msconf.dll,NewMediaPhone %l"

- Some ISDN devices are configured to automatically connect to  the network. This might cause the ISDN device to try to connect to the network while NetMeeting is running. To stop this from happening, turn off Auto-Dial on the ISDN device.

- If you do not see your name in the directory, you might not be  logged on, or you might be logged on to a different directory server. To change the directory server you log on to, click the Tools menu, click Options, click Calling, and then change your Server Name.

To log on to the directory server, click the Call menu, and then click Log On To [your directory server].

- If you have an active network connection using a network card and a second active connection using a second network card, you might not be able to connect to the directory.

- If you experience connection problems when dialing via a null modem connection, try lowering the baud rate for your modem.

- Some conference bridges (also known as Multipoint Conferencing  Units, or MCUs) are case-sensitive, so when you type the conference name to place a call, you may need to use the same capitalization as that shown on the bridge.

- To receive calls over a null modem cable, click the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Protocols tab. Select the Null Modem protocol, and then click Properties. Select the COM port to which the null modem cable is connected.

- NetMeeting does not detect incoming calls on a COM port to  which a null modem cable is connected. To receive calls over a null modem cable, you must place a call on the COM port.

- Changes made to the COM port properties in NetMeeting apply only in NetMeeting. It is recommended that you do not change the COM port settings while you are placing or participating in a NetMeeting call.

- NetMeeting uses the COM port typed into the New Call dialog box to place the call, not the COM port specified in the Null Modem Protocol Properties dialog box.

- NetMeeting can use only COM1 and COM2 to place and receive null modem calls.

- Null modem calls at high baud rates may not work.

- If you connect to someone through a proxy server, you may need to manually connect audio and video after joining the call.

RECEIVING A CALL

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You are ready to receive incoming calls if you are running NetMeeting and have not selected Do Not Disturb on the Call menu.

Warnings and Known Bugs --- - If you are not able to receive calls, it may be because your IP  address is registered incorrectly with the directory service. You can prevent this by releasing the LAN IP address before connecting to the Internet. To release the IP address, do the following:

On Windows 9x   Click the Start menu, click Run, and then type Winipcfg.exe

On Windows NT   Click the Start menu, click Run, and then type Ipconfig /release

SHARING AN APPLICATION

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Any person in a meeting can share an application with the other participants. When you share an application, other people can see the application. When you Collaborate, other people can both see and use the application.

Warnings and Known Bugs --- - Windows NT users will be able to share applications if they have installed Service Pack 3 or later for Windows NT 4.0.

- If NetMeeting is installed in a folder where the path contains extended characters, application sharing might not work.

- Sharing one Windows Explorer window shares all of them. If you run a program while sharing Windows Explorer, the program will also be shared.

Examples of Windows Explorer windows include Control Panel, Briefcase, the Received Files folder, or any Windows Explorer folder.

- Internet Explorer 4.0 users: If you share a Windows Explorer window, with collaboration enabled, and the person with whom you are collaborating closes the window, all applications and windows that you open afterwards will be shared.

To undo sharing in this situation, open a Windows Explorer window again, and un-share it.

- When you share an application and collaborate, remote users can use the File Open and File Save dialog boxes in your application to gain access to or delete files on your computer or network.

To stop someone from using your shared program while you do  not have control of the cursor, press ESC.

To stop someone from using your shared program while you do  have control of the cursor, click the Stop Collaborating button.

It is recommended that you do not leave your computer unattended while sharing an application and collaborating.

- When you launch another application from within the application you are sharing (such as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet from  within Microsoft Word), there's a possibility that the recently launched application won't be shared properly.

- You cannot drag an object onto a shared application or drag an  object from a shared application to the desktop.

- When you share an application with an Input Method Editor (IME), you should show the IME status bar so that other people can use the mouse to activate the IME.

If the IME does not support showing the status bar, or if other people are having trouble activating the IME, you should activate and deactivate the IME for them.

- If the IME window fails to repaint during a meeting, you can cause it to repaint by clicking anywhere on the desktop.

- You may not be able to share applications on a computer with a  product installed that has application sharing or remote control features.

WHITEBOARD

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The Whiteboard enables you to draw simultaneously with other people. Everyone in the meeting can see what is drawn on the Whiteboard. When one person in a meeting runs Whiteboard, it appears on everyone's screen.

Warnings and Known Bugs --- - On a computer running Windows NT, if the folder in which NetMeeting is installed contains spaces in its name, you will not be able to run Whiteboard or Chat.

- Whiteboard does not maximize to the full size of an 1152 by  864 or larger display.

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Chat enables you to type messages for other users to see. When one person in a meeting runs Chat, it appears on everyone's screen.

Chat files are stored with the .txt file extension. If Microsoft Notepad, or another program that can read files in .txt format, is installed on your computer, it can be used to open Chat files.

Warnings and Known Bugs --- - On a computer running Windows NT, if the folder in which NetMeeting is installed contains spaces in its name, you will not be able to run Whiteboard or Chat.

FILE TRANSFER

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- Files dragged onto the list of people on the Current Call tab are sent to all the people in the meeting.

- To send a file to a specific person, right-click that person's  name in the list of people in the meeting, and then click Send File.

- To send a file to everyone in the meeting, click the Tools menu, click File Transfer, and then click Send File.

Warnings and Known Bugs ---

- If you try to send a shortcut to a file, the actual file will be sent instead.

- Exchanging files with Intel ProShare 2.0 does not always work properly.

AUDIO COMMUNICATION

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- Audio is supported only over TCP/IP and with one other person.

- Sound quality can vary significantly depending on your sound card and microphone.

- Using full-duplex audio can require both more bandwidth and more CPU than using half-duplex audio, and therefore may result in poor sound quality.

- If you modify your sound card device driver in any way, such as upgrading to a full-duplex driver, you will need to run the Audio Tuning Wizard again in order for NetMeeting to work correctly.

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