============================================================================== Netscape Navigator 1.1 beta 2 Network Release (Windows) ============================================================================== Netscape Navigator 1.1 beta 2 will expire on June 30, 1995. You will not be able to use this beta release after that date. Netscape Navigator 1.1 beta 2 is subject to the terms detailed in the license agreement accompanying it. ************************************** ********* IMPORTANT! Before going any further, please read and accept the terms in the file LICENSE. *********************************************** Release notes for this version of the Netscape Navigator are available online. After starting the program, select "Release Notes" from the "Help" menu. This will take you to the URL http://home.netscape.com/home/help-on-version/windows-1.1b2.html which lists new features and known problems of this release. To s ubmit bugs or other feedback, use the "How To Give Feedback" option, also in the "Help" menu, which will take you to the URL http://home.netscape.com/home/how-to-give-feedback.html If for some reason you cannot submit feedback using that form, you may send email to win_cbug@netscape.com. Please be as specific as possible about the version of Netscape you are using, your hardware configuration, and your operating system (including version). If possible, include a test case for the problem, i ncluding a URL. From our 1.0 experience, we learned that it is impossible for us to provide support for beta releases. There will be no Technical Support (including discussion of bugs, compatibility, or how-do-I-get it to work) for 1.1, by any media (email, telephone, etc), until the final 1.1 is released. Unfortunately we won't be able to answer questions you put in your feedback. If you report a bug we don't know about, and if we need more specific information to get the bug fixed, we'll send you an email. However, this is going to be rare; there will be probably be lots of people reporting the same bug, and we won't need to speak with all of them. ============================================================================== Installation Instructions ============================================================================== * Installation Version 1.1b2 is being distributed as both a 16-bit Windows program and a 32-bit windows program. If you are running Wi n3.x you must use the 16-bit version even if you are running Win32s, because the 32-bit version makes use of 32-bit API calls not supported by Win32s. The 16-bit version includes an installation program. To install Netscape run the setup.exe program. The Netscape installation program will install Netscape in a directory of your choice, add a Netscape section to your WIN.INI file, and create a Program Manager group and item. * Initialization File The self extracti ng archive for the Netscape Navigator contains the initialization file netscape.ini, which has entries for all of the values you can customize for the Netscape Navigator. * Please read the release notes under "Help -> Release Notes". ============================================================================== Win32s ============================================================================== If you are running version 1.15 or below of Win32s, you will be unable to install t he Netscape Navigator unless you upgrade to version 1.20 of Win32s or you remove Win32. You can determine which version of Win32s you have in one of two ways: - check the WIN32S.INI file in your Windows system directory - if you are running Windows for Workgroups, select the WIN32S16.DLL file from the Windows system directory in File Manager. Then from the File menu, choose Properties. The Version line contains the major version and the build number. To remove Win32s, d o the following: 1. Remove the following line from the [386Enh] section in the SYSTEM.INI file: device=\\win32s\w32s.386 where and are where the Windows and System directories are, respectively. 2. Remove winmm16.dll from the following line from the [BOOT] section in the SYSTEM.INI file: drivers=mmsystem.dll winmm16.dll 3. Delete the following files from the \ subdirectory: W32SYS.DLL WIN32S16.DLL WIN32S.I NI 4. Delete all the files in the \\WIN32S subdirectory. Then delete the subdirectory itself. 5. Restart Windows. ============================================================================== OLE 2.02 ============================================================================== The Netscape install program for Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups will install the following OLE2 files into the Windows System directory if either there is no existing DLL or the exis ting DLL is older: COMPOBJ.DLL 108544 10-10-94 MFCOLEUI.DLL 146976 1-13-95 OLE2.DLL 302592 10-10-94 OLE2.REG 27026 10-10-94 OLE2CONV.DLL 57328 10-10-94 OLE2DISP.DLL 164832 10-10-94 OLE2NLS.DLL 150976 10-10-94 OLE2PROX.DLL 51712 10-10-94 STDOLE.TLB 4304 10-10-94 STORAGE.DLL 157696 10-10-94 TYPELIB.DLL 177216 10-10-94 ============================================================================== Configuring the Netscape Audio Player ============================================================================== For Windows NT, you must manually configure the audio player as a Netscape Navigator helper application. To do this from the Options menu choose Preferences. Then select Helper Applications as the category on which to set preferences. For both the audio/x-aiff and the audio/basic file types you need to specify the full pathname to the Netscape audio player. Typically this will be the following pathname: C:\NETSCAPE\NAPLAYER.EXE The Netscape Audio Player does not work with beta 2 of Windows 95, and will report "Sound device not available" even if you have one available and working. ============================================================================== International ============================================== ================================ The Netscape installer will overwrite existing OLE2 DLLs with the latest versions for US Windows. This will not affect 32-bit Windows. For 16-bit Windows, the only difference between the US and the Japanese versions are the internationalization of error strings. Occasionally, the Japanese user may see an English language OLE2 error message after installing Netscape. Currently, there are no Japanese versions available for the OLE2 DLLs. Netscape is working with Microsoft to make the Japanese version of the OLE2 DLLs available. ============================================================================== Running Netscape ============================================================================== What do I need to run Netscape Navigator? You must have a direct Internet connection before you can use Netscape. The ability to send and receive e-mail does not necessarily mean you can run Netscape. There are three requirements for Netscape Navig ator 1.1: 1. A direct Ethernet connection to the net, or a dialup SLIP or PPP account from an Internet service provider. 2. TCP/IP stack 3. Netscape Navigator software You can get a direct connection to the Internet through a service provider in your area. You will need to get a SLIP or a PPP account from an Internet provider (for a dialup account). When you have full Internet connectivity, you need to have a TCP/IP stack, dialer, and WINSOCK.DLL file. ================= ============================================================= Cannot Find WINSOCK.DLL ============================================================================== If you get the error message "Cannot find WINSOCK.DLL" when running Netscape Navigator that means your computer is looking for the WINSOCK.DLL file, which is part of a winsock package (also includes dialer, TCP/IP stack). A winsock package makes it so that your PC can talk TCP/IP, which is necessary for Netscape to run. See th e "Running Netscape" section for details on running the Netscape Navigator, and the "Obtaining a Winsock Package" section for suggestions on obtaining a winsock package. ============================================================================== Obtaining a Winsock Package ============================================================================== You can get the shareware winsock package, which is called Trumpet Winsock (v1.0) via ftp from inorganic5.chem.ufl.edu:/gopher/pub /winsock/ Other winsock packages which we have tested without problems are: FTP Software's PC/TCP NetManage Microsoft WFW (Wolverine) Microsoft NT Implementation (general): Put the winsock in its own directory, for example, C:\WINSOCK, and include the directory in your DOS PATH statement. Enter Windows, create a group in the Program Manager for all files with your winsock program. Please be sure that the Netscape directory is in your path located in your autoexec.bat fi le. You may need to add: PATH=C:\(name of the directory where netscape is located) After making this change, save the file and reboot your computer. ============================================================================== Known Problems ============================================================================== We have found that Windows95 has problems with DDE. We have seen illegal instruction errors in DDE startup in DDEML.DLL. If this happens to you, you can turn off DDE by adding the following to your INI file: [Main] DDE Hosed=yes ==============================================================================