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hstdev.exe; 1070543 bytes; Date/Time: 03-16-1999/03:23AM

This utility will change the Host Device property of a print server object without having to delete the print server object and recreate it.

Requires VLM version 1.20 or greater and Windows 3.1. This utility has not been tested in any other environment other than Windows 3.x.

1. Extract this file into the desired directory.
2. Copy BWCC.DLL to the windows\system directory (unless a copy already exists).
3. Create a Windows icon for HOSTDEV.EXE, specifying the directory where the files were extracted as the working directory, or simply use File | Run to execute the program.
4. If desired, delete the directory installed to and the windows icon upon completion of the desired changes.

Instructions for using the Host Device Change Utility:

1. Login to the Directory Tree as Admin or another user with sufficient rights to modify objects in the tree.
2. Run the Host Device Change Utility.
3. Browse the Directory Tree and select the Print Server object which requires a change.
4. Click on the "Change Host Device" button.
5. Browse the Directory Tree again and select the File Server which is desired as the new host device. 6. Click on the "Modify" button.
7. Repeat as necessary until all Print Server objects have been modified to have the desired server as the host device.

Note: Please note that this utility has not been through Novell's testing process but has been tested by it's creator and shown to successfully modify the host device property of a print server object for which you have rights. Use this utility at your own risk.

This utility was created to resolve the error messages that come up when an administrator tries to load PSERVER.NLM:

"PSERVER-4.10-214: The print server was unable to login to server <servername> specified in the print server's Directory Services (DS) attribute list as the host device. Warning, the job audit logging feature may not function properly. Program execution may not continue normally."

PSERVER-4.10-29: A host device was not specified in the print server's Directory Services attribute list, the print server will attempt to use the local server as a host device. Warning, the job audit logging feature may not function properly. Program execution may not continue normally.

One of these errors will be displayed if the server that the host device attribute of the print server is set to is not available or does not respond. This utility has been written to change the host device attribute of the print server to a different server. Previous to this utility the only way to eliminate the above errors was to delete the print server and recreate while only attached to the desired server.

Self-Extracting File Name:  hstdev.exe

Files Included       Size   Date         Time    Version   Checksum

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  ALM_ACUR.DLL      79360   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_BUTN.DLL      92160   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_DATE.DLL      70144   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_FLAG.DLL      20992   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_GNRL.DLL      18944   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_LIST.DLL      65536   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_NMBR.DLL      76800   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_NTFY.DLL      11776   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_NWBR.DLL     570773   07-07-1995   04:27AM
  ALM_NWDS.DLL     529566   07-07-1995   04:27AM
  ALM_NWER.DLL      25932   07-07-1995   04:27AM
  ALM_SHAP.DLL     171520   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_SUBR.DLL      16896   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_SYSM.DLL      16384   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_TABL.DLL     265216   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_TEXT.DLL      89600   02-28-1995   06:20PM
  ALM_TIME.DLL      63488   02-28-1995   06:20PM
   ALM_WND.DLL     147968   02-28-1995   06:20PM
   ALMKRNL.DLL     257808   06-07-1995   04:13AM
      BWCC.DLL     152304   07-05-1994   10:00PM
   HOSTDEV.EXE     226038   01-25-1996   06:11AM
    HSTDEV.TXT       5261   03-16-1999   03:23AM
    NWXLAT.DLL      72704   07-07-1995   04:27AM