Appendix F Obsolete Features; Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows Nt; Configuring A Opc/Dcom Client Pc Running Windows 98 Or Me - Omron CX-Supervisor User Manual

Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT

F.1 Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT
F.2 Configuring a OPC/DCOM Client PC running Windows 98 or
Me
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Note:
This appendix provides a summary of features that are obsolete and have
been removed from the standard documentation. Details are included here to
assist maintaining old projects still using these features. These features
should not be used in development of new solutions as it is likely support for
the following features may and will be removed from the next or future
releases.
This product no longer installs on Windows 98, ME or NT. It is recommended
to upgrade to Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional.
1. Ensure File and Printer sharing is enabled by selecting Network from the
Control Panel. Add a service and click either "File and print sharing for
Microsoft Networks" or "File and print sharing for Netware Networks" as
appropriate.
2. Start DCOMCNFG.EXE e.g. by selecting RUN from the Start button. The
default location is C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.
3. View the Default Properties tab. Ensure that the Enable Distributed COM
on this computer is checked.
A CX-Supervisor Client running on Windows 98 or ME also requires the
Microsoft Remote Registry network service to be installed with the operating
system and correctly configured on both the server and client machine. To
check: start the Control Panel and view the Network settings. In the list of
network components, look for Microsoft Remote Registry. If it does not exist,
follow these steps to add it.
1. In the Network settings, ensure User-level access control is selected on
the Access Control tab.
2. From the Configuration tab, click Add to add a Network component.
Choose Service from the type list and click Add.
3. Click Have Disk... and browse your Windows CD. Select the path
(\Admin\Nettods\remotReg)
(\Tools\ResKit\NetAdmin\RemotReg) for Win98 and select regsrv.inf.
4. Follow the screen prompts to complete installation and reboot if
necessary.
5. On the server machine, select Passwords from the Control Panel.
6. Ensure the Enable remote administration of this server option is checked
7. Add all required user ids to the Administrators list by clicking Add...
Windows ME no longer includes the Microsoft Remote Registry network
service on the product CD but this can still be installed and used from any
Windows 95 or Windows 98 CD ROM using the above steps.

Appendix F Obsolete Features

Appendix F
Obsolete Features
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