Microsoft KB Archive/66267

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Windows 3.0 Supplemental Driver Library; Network Install

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Q66267

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a

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SUMMARY
The following information is taken from the NETSDL.TXT and README.TXT files included with the Windows 3.0 Supplemental Driver Library.

MORE INFORMATION
Installing Windows 3.00 Supplemental Driver Library on a Network

This file is intended for system administrators or anyone else who will install the drivers in this package onto a network for use with a shared copy of Windows.

1. Create a new directory on the network drive for the supplemental drivers you are going to install. It might be most convenient to  make this directory a subdirectory of the Windows directory.

This new directory should not be the Windows system directory, where the original Windows device drivers were installed.

2. Copy all of the files in the Supplemental Driver Library disks to the directory you created in Step 1.

3. Copy all of the files in the new directory to the Windows directory.

There will then be two copies of these files on your network drive. Both sets of drivers are necessary in order to ensure that these drivers will work properly on the users' systems.

4. Delete the file OEMSETUP.INF from the Windows directory.

This ensures that this version of OEMSETUP.INF won't be  overwritten by another file with the same name.

You should not delete the copy of OEMSETUP.INF that is in the directory you created in Step 1.

Once these steps are completed, users of the shared copy of Windows will have access to these drivers.

The only exception is display drivers. To use one of the display drivers included in this package, the user will need to run Setup from MS-DOS using the following procedure. (This procedure is not necessary for users who will not be using one of these display drivers.)

1. Exit Windows.

2. Type the following at the DOS prompt and then press ENTER:

setup /n

3. Press the UP ARROW key to select the Display setting and then press ENTER.

4. Scroll to the bottom of the list using the DOWN ARROW key.

5. Select Other and press ENTER.

6. Type the pathname of the display driver and press ENTER.

The driver will be located on the subdirectory created in  Step 1 of the previous set of instructions.

Setup then updates your WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI files to correspond to the new driver and then displays an updated list of your hardware.

7. Press ENTER to complete the process.

8. Start Windows.

The preceding procedure might not work if the user has a local copy of Setup. In this case, the user will have to manually change the settings in the SYSTEM.INI file and possibly take additional actions. If you cannot use Setup /n to gain access to a Supplemental Library display driver from the network, follow the instructions that follow.

Manually Installing an SDL Display Driver from a Network to a Local Workstation

You do not need to read the information in the following section unless you were unable to use Setup to configure a user's system to use a Supplemental Library display driver that is on a network share.

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To manually configure a workstation to gain access to an SDL display driver on a network, follow these steps:

1. Open your SYSTEM.INI file using a text editor, such as Notepad. This file should be located in your Windows directory.

2. Locate the following four settings in SYSTEM.INI. In the [boot] section, locate the display.drv= and 386grabber= settings. In the [boot.description] section, locate the display.drv= setting. In the [386Enh] section, locate the display= setting. Note that the [386Enh] section is footnoted. See below.

3. Look up the display driver you want to use in the following list and change the corresponding SYSTEM.INI values (the values are what  appears to the right of the equal sign) to those shown on the list.

The following notation applies to the list below:

[386Enh] display= -

(1) vddati.386 (2) vddchip.386 (3) *vddvga (4) vddpara.386

Name of Display                             [boot]        [boot] (Enter in [boot.description] display.drv=)  display.drv=  386grabber= --

ATI Mode 54h (800x600 16 colors) v2.00      win3-54b.drv  vga.gr3 (1) ATI Mode 55h (1024x768 16 colors v2.00      win3-55b.drv  vga.gr3 (1) CHIPS Super VGA 82C451 (800x600 16 colors)   45131600.drv  vga.gr3 (2) CHIPS Super VGA 82C452 (800x600 16 colors)   45231600.drv  vga.gr3 (2) CHIPS Super VGA 82C451 (1024x768 16 colors)  win31768.drv  vga.gr3 (2) CHIPS Super VGA 82C452 (640x480 256 colors)  win3p480.drv  vgap45x.gr3 (2) COMPAQ Integrated Video Graphics System      cpqivgs.drv   vga.gr3 (3) DGIS Medium Resolution w/VGA, Ver 1.01       dgis3lo.drv   dgisvga.gr3 (3) DGIS High Resolution w/VGA, Ver 1.01         dgis3hi.drv   dgisvga.gr3 (3) Paradise VGA (800x600 16 colors)             vga800.drv    vga.gr3 (4) Paradise VGA (1024x768 16 colors)            vga1024.drv   vga.gr3 (4) Paradise VGA (640x480 256 colors)            pvga480.drv   pvga.gr3 (4) Video Seven VGA (800x600 16 color)           v760016.drv   v7vga.gr3 (3) Video Seven VGA (1024x768 16 color)          v776816.drv   v7vga.gr3 (3) Video Seven VGA (640x480 256 color)         v7480256.drv  v7vga.gr3 (3)

Make sure you have correctly typed the appropriate values into your SYSTEM.INI file.

4. Save the new settings and close the SYSTEM.INI file.

5. Exit Windows, if you have not already done so.

IMPORTANT: If you are converting to one of the Supplemental Library display drivers from a non-VGA driver, you will need to follow Steps 6 and 7.

If your previous display was a VGA, you can skip to Step 8.

6. Copy the files WIN.CNF, VGALOGO.LGO, and VGALOGO.RLE from the network Windows directory to your local Windows directory on your hard disk.

7. At the DOS prompt, change to the local Windows directory and then type the following commands:

copy win.cnf /b + vgalogo.lgo /b + vgalogo.rle /b ren win.cnf win.com

8. Restart Windows. Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a windrvr

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