Artisoft Technical Bulletin 08.16.93 RG MULTI-USER INSTALL OF WINDOWS 3.1 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The following details a multiuser install of Microsoft Windows 3.1 and ARTISOFT LANtastic versions 4.x or later. A multiuser install of Windows is generally done in situations where you want to share Windows from server, because your workstations are either diskless or floppy based, or there is not enough hard disk space on the workstation's local hard disk. For best performance, Windows should be installed locally on each station rather than shared through the network. Check your Microsoft 3.1 license agreement to make sure you will be in full compliance with your license. Contact Microsoft for additional licensing information. The following options all assume the LANtastic network has been installed and is up an running before you run these options. Windows will detect it is on a network and will configure its system.ini file accordingly. When you have completed the Windows installation run the network configuration procedure at the end of this document. SERVER INSTALLATION 1) Run the Administrative setup for Windows at the server. This will create a shared directory for the Windows program files. A:\SETUP/A 2) Enter your User name and Company name. 3) When prompted enter the path to be used for the Shared Windows directory. C:\WINSHARE 4) The setup program will now start to expand and copy all the files off of each of the Windows installation diskettes. The Setup program will also set the read/write attribute for these files to read-only so the files can be shared by the Windows stations. Change the diskettes as prompted by the setup program. 5) The administrative setup is now complete. Each station that will be sharing Windows will now need to log into the server and run SETUP/N from this shared Windows directory. The Server will also need to do this procedure if it will be running Windows. The SETUP/N options for both the Server and the Workstations are discussed below. WORKSTATION SETUP (for server) 1) Change to the shared Windows directory. C: CD\WINSHARE 2) Run the network setup option from this directory. SETUP/N 3) Press 'C' to select the 'Custom install' option. 4) Enter the path to be used for the server's personal Windows directory (DO NOT use the same directory as your shared Windows directory). C:\WINMARY 5) The setup routine will now check the system configuration for this computer and display a System configuration screen. Verify the network line shows ARTISOFT LANtastic Operating system 4.x and then press enter to accept the system information as displayed. If the network line does not show the Artisoft driver then abort the setup by pressing F3. Run the network batch file to start the network, then begin this section again (Workstation Setup). 6) Windows will now go through its normal install process. When prompted, allow the Windows setup procedure to modify your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. 7) When setup is complete, reboot this server. Windows is ready to run at the server. WORKSTATION SETUP (with local hardrive) 1) Login into server and redirect a drive letter to the server's hard drive. NET LOGIN \\SERVER USERACCT PW (password if used) NET USE D: \\SERVER\C-DRIVE 2) Change into the shared Windows directory on the server. D: CD\WINSHARE 3) Run the network setup option from this directory. SETUP/N 4) Press 'C' to select the 'Custom install' option. 5) Enter the path for the workstation's personal Windows's directory. C:\WINJOHN (for local drive) or D:\WINJOHN (for server drive) 6) The setup routine will now check the system configuration for this computer and display a System configuration screen. Verify the network line shows Artisoft LANtastic Operating system 4.x and then press enter to accept the system information as displayed. If the network line does not show the Artisoft driver then abort the setup by pressing F3. Run the network batch file to start the network, then begin this section again (Workstation Setup). 7) Windows will now go through its normal install process. When prompted, allow the setup procedure to modify your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. 8) When setup is complete, reboot this workstation. Windows is now ready to run at this workstation. WORKSTATION SETUP (floppy only station) 1) Login into server and redirect a drive letter to the server's hard drive. NET LOGIN \\SERVER USERACCT PW (password if used) NET USE C: \\SERVER\C-DRIVE 2) Change into the shared Windows directory on the server. C: CD\WINSHARE 3) Run the network setup option from this directory. SETUP/N 4) Press 'C' to select the 'Custom install' option. 5) Enter the path for the workstation's personal Windows's directory. C:\WINJOHN 6) The setup routine will now check the system configuration for this computer and display a System configuration screen. Verify the network line shows Artisoft LANtastic Operating system 4.x and then press enter to accept the system information as displayed. If the network line does not show the Artisoft driver then abort the setup by pressing F3. Run the network batch file to start the network, then begin this section again (Workstation Setup). 7) Windows will now go through its normal install process. When setup prompts you on whether to modify your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, select the 'Make changes later ' option. Press enter to accept the saving of Config.win and Autoexec.win to your personal Windows directory C:\WINJOHN. 8) When setup is complete, Exit Windows. 9) Change to the floppy drive and make the changes to the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files as shown in the Config.win and Autoexec.win files saved to your personal Windows directory in 7) above. Do not add SMARTDRV.EXE to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. 10) Copy HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE from the user's personal directory on the server C:\WINJOHN to the root of the floppy drive. These files will be needed on the floppy at time of boot up. 11) Reboot the workstation. Windows is now ready to run at this workstation. WORKSTATION SETUP (diskless station) 1) Login into server and redirect a drive letter to the server's hard drive. NET LOGIN \\SERVER USERACCT PW (password if used) NET USE C: \\SERVER\C-DRIVE 2) Change into the shared Windows directory on the server. C: CD\WINSHARE 3) Run the network setup option from this directory. SETUP/N 4) Press 'C' to select the 'Custom install' option. 5) Enter the path for the workstation's personal Windows's directory. C:\WINJOHN 6) The setup routine will now check the system configuration for this computer and display a System configuration screen. Verify the network line shows Artisoft Lantastic Operating system 4.x and then press enter to accept the system information as displayed. If the network line does not show the Artisoft driver then abort the setup by pressing F3. Run the network batch file to start the network, then begin this section again (Workstation Setup). 7) Windows will now go through its normal install process. When setup prompts you on whether to modify your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, select the 'Make changes later ' option. Press enter to accept the saving of CONFIG.WIN and AUTOEXEC.WIN to your personal Windows directory C:\WINJOHN. 8) When setup is complete, Exit Windows. 9) Edit the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files on your boot image to reflect the changes shown in the CONFIG.WIN and AUTOEXEC.WIN files saved to your personal Windows directory in 7) above. Do not add SMARTDRV.EXE to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. 10) Copy HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE from the user's personal directory on the server C:\WINJOHN to the boot image. These files will be needed at time of boot up. Update the boot image. 11) Reboot the workstation. Windows is now ready to run at this workstation. NETWORK CONFIGURATION (for both server and workstation) The LANtastic software ships with a Windows driver that provides support for the 386 enhanced mode of Windows. To insure Windows is configured to use this driver the following steps should be performed at each station running Windows. You can skip this procedure if you have LANtastic For Windows. LANtastic for Windows will make the appropriate changes to your system.ini file for you. 1) Change to personal Windows directory for this station. CD\WINJOHN 2) Run Setup 3) On the system configuration screen, highlight the network line and press enter. 4) Scroll down to the bottom of the network list and select 'Other'. 5) Change the path to 'C:\LANTASTI' and press enter. 6) Select the LANtastic Network Option that is displayed and press enter. 7) This will return you to the System configuration screen. Press enter to accept the configuration. a) For LANtastic version 5.0 you will be returned to your Windows directory at this point otherwise, b) For LANtastic versions 4.0 and 4.1 a screen will be displayed indicating the MSNET.DRV driver has already been installed, press enter to keep this driver and you will be returned to the Windows directory. 8) Windows is now configured for a LANtastic Network. PRINTING FROM WINDOWS ON A LANTASTIC NETWORK To print from Windows on a LANtastic network, several changes need to be made to insure that print jobs print properly and in a timely manner. These changes need to be made to the Windows control panel and to the LANtastic Net Manager. WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL: the following changes need to be made on all stations printing from Windows on the network. 1) Run Control Panel from the Windows Main Group. 2) Select Printers. 3) Disable Print manager at the bottom of the Printer screen. 4) Select the Connect button 5) Disable 'Fast printing direct to port' at the bottom of the Connect screen. 6) Select 'OK' to exit the Connect screen 7) 'Close' out of the Printers screen 8) Exit out of the Control Panel NET MANAGER: the following changes only need to be done on the Servers with printers attached physically to them. Skip this procedure for workstations or Servers with no printers attached. The following steps use the dos Net Manager which is available on both the Dos and Windows versions of LANtastic. 1) Load Net Manager at dos. NET_MGR.EXE 2) Select 'Shared Resources'. 3) Highlight the printer resource (@printer or whatever one you are using) and press enter. 4) Highlight the 'Char per second' line and press enter. 5) Enter 10000 for the characters per second and press enter 6) Press 'ESC' once to exit the printer resource. 7) If you have other printer resources make this same change to them now. 8) Press 'ESC' to exit shared resources. 9) Highlight 'Server startup Parameters' from the Net manager menu and press enter. 10) Set 'Printer tasks' to 1 (default setting) Set 'Run Burst' to 2 (default setting) 11) Exit Net Manager by pressing the 'ESC' key twice. 12) Reboot this machine. 13) Net Manager changes are complete. OTHER INFORMATION: For diskless and floppy-only stations you may get an error stating "Windows cannot find the path to EMM386.EXE" when you try to load Windows. This usually occurs on a floppy-only station when the boot floppy has been removed from the drive. On a diskless workstation this usually occurs after a NET UNLINK command has been issued. You maybe able to get around this problem by making the following changes: CONFIG.SYS for workstation: DEVICE=EMM386.EXE /Y=C:\WINJOHN\EMM386.EXE NOEMS SWITCHES/W System.ini in Windows user area for this station (example C:\WINJOHN): [386ENH] DEVICE=C:\WINA20.386 ARTISOFT, Inc. makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this document. LANtastic is a trademark of ARTISOFT, Inc. Brand names, company names, and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.