Subject: Win95 FAQ Part 1 of 14: Administrivia
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 97 22:14:00
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Archive-name: windows/win95/faq/part01
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1. Administrivia, copyrights, etc

     * 1.1. What are FAQs?
     * 1.2. What is Windows 95?
     * 1.3. Why did you write this FAQ about Windows 95?
          + 1.3.1. Why did you cross-post this FAQ to all the .win95
                   newsgroups?
          + 1.3.2. Why do you have all the Win95 groups in the
                   Followup-to line?
     * 1.4. Whose work did you include in this FAQ besides yours?
     * 1.5. What other FAQs are out there?
     * 1.6. What other resources are out there?
     * 1.7. Whose trademarks did you use?
     * 1.8. What restrictions do you put on usage of this FAQ?
          + 1.8.1. Disclaimers
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   1.1. What are FAQs?
   
   FAQs are Frequently Asked Questions. FAQs minimize traffic on USENET
   by providing answers to common questions, before users post those
   questions on newsgroups. If people knew about FAQs and used them, we
   wouldn't need ridiculous high speed links just to distribute USENET
   news. Read the FAQs when available. Save copies. Give copies to your
   friends.
   
   Read all about FAQs and get others from the FAQ archives at
   rtfm.mit.edu and their mirror sites.
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   1.2. What is Windows 95?
   
   Microsoft's newest "low end" operating system for Intel based
   computers. In my opinion, they designed it to wean DOS users off that
   20 year old operating system and into some current stuff. It replaces
   DOS and previous versions of Windows entirely.
   
   In addition to completely re-working the user interface, Win95 brings
   over large amounts of Windows NT technology, allowing app writers to
   write for both operating systems. One of Microsoft's requirements for
   Designed for Windows 95 products is that the product must also run
   on Windows NT Workstation 3.51.
   
   It also (supposedly) helps you manage your hardware, your software,
   your time, etc better. It's also supposed to make you rich, good
   looking, sexually irresistible, and permanently wonderful. Heh heh...
   (Regarding this, there's supposedly a law suit in progress against
   MS's over-advertising of Win95. Details to come)
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   1.3. Why did you write this FAQ about Windows 95?
   
   The traffic on comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc is ridiculous. Other
   Win95 FAQs I read were too sparse, too technical, too anti-Microsoft,
   or otherwise too un-useful for the common folk. Also, Microsoft's FAQ,
   which shipped with the CD-ROM version, was pathetic and full of
   useless advertising. But ultimately, I wrote it for the experience, so
   I can say, "Hey, I made a Web page!" I hope this page is useful to you
   out there.
   
   This FAQ tries to get the big questions answered while going into some
   technical detail for those who care. Where content goes beyond the
   scope of this FAQ, I link you to appropriate sites.

     * 1.3.1. Why did you cross-post this FAQ to all the .win95
              newsgroups? 
       
   Because I was asked to. One of the initial letters I received in
   response to the FAQ was to have me post it in the FAQ archives for
   news.answers, so non-WWW people could use it. And not everyone has FTP
   either; people using the Vancouver CommunityNet have no FTP access at
   all! Well to get in the archives I had to actually post it to, not
   only news.answers and comp.answers, but the groups directly concerned
   with the questions in the FAQ. I wouldn't have received approval from
   rtfm.mit.edu to cross-post if I wasn't supposed to.

     * 1.3.2. Why did you include all the .win95 groups in the
              Followup-to header? 
        
   Originally, the .answers moderators' FAQ checker would reject the FAQ
   if it didn't include a followup-to line containing all the groups in
   question. I've started using only the .win95.misc group as the
   followup-to group for the bi-weekly FAQ, and I'll do the same for the
   other FAQ pages pending .answers moderators' approval.
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   1.4. Whose work did you include in this FAQ besides yours?
   
   These people:
     * Rich Graves: He runs the win95netbugs FAQ. He has excellent tech
       information but is very anti-Microsoft. He heeds help; he can't
       maintain the netbugs FAQ, so if you think you can do it, ask him.
     * Jim Farewell: My ex-boss, who allowed me all the resource material
       from Microsoft he had, and his computers. If it wasn't for this
       guy's patience and resources, the FAQ wouldn't be so
       comprehensive.
     * Creative Element: They run the Win95 annoyances FAQ, and they have
       plenty of brute-force methods for making Win95 work the way THEY
       want it to work.
     * Richard Evans: Who lent me his web server space to allow you all
       to preview this FAQ.
     * Glen Ninow: He runs The InterNet Store (With special emphasis
       on the capital 'N' in 'InterNet') and graciously offered his web
       server space to me for the permanent home of this FAQ, and his
       computers for me to bash after Jim Farewell handed me my pink
       slip. :p
     * Ben Goetter: He is writing a book on writing MAPI applications for
       MS Exchange, and has an excellent Exchange FAQ.
     * Sue Mosher: Excellent work keeping us updated on the Windows
       Messaging updates.
     * William Hartley: He prepared a .HLP version of this FAQ
       
   And then there are those who gave suggestions since the first
   release... sorry it took so long guys:
     * Eric Gisin [ericg@unixg.ubc.ca] for many corrections and a hack to
       MS's TCP/IP Properties sheet to let you make adjustments without
       Registry hacking, and for the Emergency Recovery Disk suggestions.
       Visit his new Registry site at
       http://www.webhaven.com/ericg/Windows/Registry.html
     * Ed Babin [ebanin@faa.gov] for some tape backup corrections
     * Michael Thomas [mthomas@computerland.net] and too many others not
       listed here, for encouragement
     * Kurt C. Joseph [josephk@qnet.com] for the advice in running Win
       3.1 within Win95
     * Jack H. Pincus [jhpincus@cris.com] for the good news regarding
       Corel's version of WordPerfect for Win95
     * William Hunt (E-MAIL address unknown) for the RNAAPP lockup fix
       and Eric Mitchell <eric@staff.feldberg.brandeis.edu> for telling
       me that it DIDN'T work
     * Eric again for the Documents Menu clean-up program, from MS Power
       Toys
     * Jeff Lawson <jeffl@refresh.jpl.nasa.gov> for the Modem Break
       script to get SLiRP working with Win95 dial-up networking
     * Gordon McAndrew (gmcandrew@aec.env.gov.ab.ca) for the pioneering
       work into making TAPI work over packet radio
     * Anthony Humphreys (anthony@istar.ca) for the nice package of MS
       Exchange add-ons, and FAQ page 10 corrections
     * cassell@heart.cor.epa.gov for spelling corrections
     * "S. Dawson" <sdawson@emporium.on.ca> for pioneering work into
       Banyan's VINES client for Win95
     * Alan R. Miller <armiller@nmt.edu> for corrections in FAQ page 9
     * dlamzaki@mail.telis.org (Demetrio Lamzaki) for encouragement in
       the face of OS/2 religious fanatics
     * danielbourdon@infini.net for the Rendering Subsystem/MS Fax
       clairification
     * perin@onyx.interactive.net for making a BOOTP client for Win95
     * hintgy@eexi.gr (and others) for telling me about the WinWord 7.0a
       / MS Fax mail merge bugfix
     * shampurj@inforamp.net for Corel WP 7.0 verification. Sorry folks,
       it don't work in NT. No Logo.
     * stbrown@nacs.net for nominating this FAQ answer as the
       funniest quote in the FAQ. Go to the bottom of section 3.1 to find
       the line.
     * Several users: for SUBST.EXE clairification
     * harrigan@infinite.ihub.com for telling me about IMAP4, MHS, and
       Newsgroup clients for Exchange (Search for ExpressIT! 2000 on the
       WWW)
     * Volker Hejny (hejny@piggy.physik.uni-giessen.de) for adventures in
       DriveSpace 3 :-) and some clairifications
     * Dwight Jones <djones@imagen.net> for telling me about changing MAC
       addresses in the dial-up adapter
     * Breidavik Gistiheimili [breidavik@isholf.is] for VCPI information:
       Games that need VCPI services won't run in a Win95 DOS session
     * John English [J.English@bton.ac.uk] for publishing this and many
       many other FAQs on their Student Info CD-ROM from the University
       of Brighton, in the UK (And for giving me a copy)
     * Vincent Hsieh [vincen77@ms2.hinet.net] for translating the FAQ to
       Chinese (I don't have the URL; somebody PLEASE give it to me)
     * Jeremy Parkinson <jeremyp@InfoChan.COM> for alerting me to the
       missing Alias Monitor file from HP's web site (Another reason to
       keep HP on my Lamers page)
     * leungel@netvigator.com for suggestions to put a dual modem
       question in FAQ page 8
     * Witalka, Jerome JRV" <jjw1@PO9.RV.unisys.com> for pointing out
       errors in FAQ page 9
     * joe@copstalk.com for COPStalk info; finally, a Designed for Win95
       AppleTalk client
     * Serg V. Shubenkov <serg@nsi.net.kiae.su> for mirroring my site in
       Moscow!
     * Jon Jacobik <jonj@donnahalper.com> for the ultimate Win95 FAQ
       question: "How do you get Microsoft's attention to a problem like
       this?" (Answer: Return your copy of Win95 and phone MS Tech
       support asking for your registration card back!)
     * Oliver Knorr (orknorr@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de) for
       experience in making User Profiles work on a non-centralized
       network
     * Howard Harkness (noUCEaccepted@here.either) for more Corel WP 7.0
       lameness reports... I expected better from Corel.
     * The brave souls who mail-bombed anyone who gave me sh*t for
       cross-posting the FAQ. I got a couple of nasty responses but I
       never heard from then ever again... heh heh heh... Perfect example
       of how The Net polices itself
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   1.5. What other FAQs are out there?
   
   Too many... use them.
   
   Win95 Net Bugs:
   http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~llurch/win95netbugs/faq.html
   
   Win95 Annoyances http://www.creativelement.com/win95ann/index.html
   
   The one on the Win95 CD-ROM even though it sucks now
   
   Ben Goetter's Exchange FAQ:
   http://www.halcyon.com/goetter/exclifaq.htm
   
   Sue Mosher's Exchange/Windows Messaging FAQ:
   http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/
   
   There's an excellent Win95 Usage FAQ at
   http://www.wantree.com.au/~hansie/
   
   Do a search at Infoseek where they seem to have a lot of dinky
   sites, but nothing serious
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   1.6. What other resources are out there?
   
   There's Microsoft's Windows 95 Resource Kit, which makes a great
   start, but will quickly become a doorstop after you get sick of the
   sales talk in there.
   
   Definitely check out the Microsoft Knowledge Base,
   (http://www.microsoft.com/kb/) which has a lot of stuff who you
   might've thought only Technet users had access too. They recently
   re-did their search engine, so you can search on phrases like
   "Confirmed bugs" or "Bugs fixed", or "Files available for download".
   This stuff is right to the point. If you don't use Internet Explorer,
   visit http://www.microsoft.com/kb/softlib/ for a non-IE-viewable
   page of software. MS's regular Win95 pages have a bunch of tags that
   NCSA Mosaic barfs on.
   
   www.windows95.com keeps a well updated library of software.
   
   Do a search on Infoseek or Yahoo! or wherever, for other Win95 pages.
   They're starting to show up finally.
   
   I won't recommend any magazines as of yet, because they're all full of
   MS ads and other un-productive junk.
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   1.7. Whose trademarks did you use?
   
   Windows, MS-DOS, MS Exchange, MS Plus, Internet Explorer, DriveSpace:
   Microsoft Corp
   
   NT: Northern Telecom (Go figure)
   
   Norton Utilities, Norton Anti-Virus, Norton Navigator, etc: Symantec
   Corp
   
   Colorado Backup: Hewlett-Packard Corp
   
   Macintosh, AppleTalk: Apple Computer Inc
   
   Pentium, Pentium Pro: Intel Corp
   
   Netscape: Netscape Communications Inc
   
   LANtastic: Artisoft Corp
   
   Disk Manager: Ontrack Systems
   
   DrivePro: Microhouse
   
   Stacker: Stack Electronics
   
   OS/2: IBM Corp
   
   TCPMAN: Trumpet Communications
   
   NetWare, MHS: Novell, Inc
   
   CleanSweep 95, QEMM: Quarterdeck
   
   SoftRAM: Synchronys Software (Evil, evil, evil, evil...)
   
   Award BIOS: Award software
   
   MR BIOS: Microid Research
   
   Sound Blaster (whatever kind), AWE32: Creative Labs
   
   Graphics Ultra/Pro/Expression: ATI
   
   WinCIM: CompuServe Inc
   
   WinFax: Delrina Communications/Symantec
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   1.8. What restrictions do you put on the use of this FAQ?
   
   Distribution and mirroring are encouraged so long as the source is
   quoted, and it's distributed in full. (Unfortunately I can't control
   broken news gateways that won't distribute the FAQ pages... sorry).
   Translation to other languages and other formats is encouraged
   provided the intended content remains the same.

     * 1.8.1. Disclaimers: 
       
   As MS fixes the bugs and as vendors come up with new products, this
   info may be in-accurate. Check with other sources (like the references
   above) if you are in doubt of any info I have here. I would appreciate
   updates and comments and you will receive recognition for your
   work.
   
   The opinions in this FAQ are mine, except where directly quoted and
   linked from. They do not reflect the opinions of my employer or the
   provider of this web space. Especially as I often argue with both of
   them about these topics.
   
   I can't be responsible for any damage this information causes you or
   your equipment. Try to avoid using REGEDIT. RTFM. RTFFAQ. Ask
   Questions. But don't come crying to me or sic your lawyers on me if
   you broke your computer. I can't fix it.
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