Microsoft KB Archive/59477

Works 2.00: Manually Setting Up on a Network

PSS ID Number: Q59477 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

2.00

MS-DOS

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Manually installing Works 2.00 on a network is similar to installing Works on a local hard drive. In both cases you must decompress the printer drivers and screen drivers before they can be used.

WORKS.EXE does not need to be decompressed to operate, although decompression improves the performance of the program. If you choose to not decompress it, rename it from WORKS.PGM to WORKS.EXE.

This article consists of two parts: installing Works on the server and setting up the system for the users.

Part One: Installing the Files on the Server
  Log in to the network as System Administrator or as a User with System Administrator rights.   Make a Works 2.00 directory on a server hard disk. This directory is referred to as the program directory.   Change to the program directory and put the Setup Disk in Drive A. Copy SETUP.EXE from Drive A to the program directory. Leave the Setup disk in Drive A.   Copy and decompress each printer driver you will be using on your network by typing the following: SETUP :.CPR :.PRD For example, to copy the printer driver for a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet with a Microsoft Z or Z1A cartridge from Drive A to the program directory G:, type the following: SETUP A:HPLASMS.CPR G:.PRD   Copy and decompress each screen driver you will be using on your network by typing the following: SETUP <DRIVE>:<PATH><SOURCEFILE>.CVD <DRIVE>:<PATH><DESTFILE>.VID For example, to copy the screen driver for a VGA configuration from Drive A to the working directory G:, type the following: SETUP A:VGA.CVD G:.VID </li>  Put the Program disk in Drive A. Copy and decompress the executable program file, WORKS.EXE, by typing the following: SETUP A:WORKS.PGM <DRIVE>:<PATH>.EXE For example: SETUP A:WORKS.PGM G:.EXE </li>  Copy the contents of the Accessories, Spell, and Thesaurus and Learning Works Disks to the program directory. LEARN.PIF and WORKS.PIF can be copied from the Setup Disk if you plan to run Works under Microsoft Windows. </li>  Assign all the files in the program directory the following file attributes as applicable to your network system: Attributes: Sharable Read-Only Execute-Only Note: DO NOT install the Execute-Only attribute on the files if you are using Novell NetWare. You cannot use this attribute with programs (like Works) that use Overlay files. </li></ol>

Works is now installed on the server. The next step is to set up each user.

Part Two: Setting Up the Users
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  Create a unique directory for each user on the network. These are known as the user directories. You may want to have the name of the directory match the user’s login name. Put the user directory and the Works program directory on the user’s path. </li>  Each user should start Works from his or her user directory. This ensures that Works can access each user’s personal files, such as the program preferences (WORKS.INI), personal dictionary (PERSONAL.DIC), and tutorial lessons (WORKSLES.CHK). If you do not want each user to start from this directory, use the /N switch followed by the path to his or her user directory. For example, the user “George” wants to start Works from the J:directory and his user directory is G:. To start Works correctly, he would type the following: WORKS /N G: The /N is not required if a user starts the program from his or her user directory. </li>  If a user accesses one video type (for example, George uses only machines with VGA monitors), copy the appropriate screen driver from the program directory to his or her user directory and rename it SCREEN.VID. If a user accesses multiple video types (for example, he or she often switches machines that have different screens), have the user start Works with the /G switch followed by the path to the appropriate screen driver. Users can access any of the screen driver files you placed in the program directory when you set up Works. For example, if George is in a secretarial pool, he might not know which machine he will be using. To start Works from his user directory, he would type the following: WORKS /G G: If he didn’t start from his user directory, he would type the following: WORKS /N G:/G G: </li></ol>

Final Note: If your network (for example, Novell) has variables for the physical address of each workstation and each user’s login name, this process can be automated. For more information, please search the knowledge base using the following query:

detecting and video and configuration and network

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