Configuring the Name Service for Windows 95

Windows 95 does not use the Microsoft Locator. In order to use a name service in a Windows 95 application, the Windows 95 machine must either:

Be part of a workgroup or domain that includes a Windows NT machine to serve as a proxy name service provider, or
Be connected to a host machine running the NSI daemon (nsid), which serves as a gateway to Digital Equipment Corporation's DCE Cell Directory Service.

Edit the Windows 95 registry to configure the name service provider.

To designate a Microsoft Locator name-service provider for Windows 95

Use REGEDIT to edit the Windows 95 registry.
Select HKEY_LOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Rpc.
Create a new key called NameService.
With the NameService key selected, create the new String Value names and modify them to contain the data as shown:

Name	Data
4DefaultSyntax	"3"
Protocol	"ncacn_np"
Endpoint	"\pipe\locator"
NetworkAddress	"myserver" (where myserver is the name of the NT machine)
ServerNetworkAddress	"myserver"

To designate a DCE CDS name-service provider for Windows 95

Edit the Windows 95 registry as described above, using the following data:

Name	Data
DefaultSyntax	"3"
Protocol	"ncacn_ip_tcp"
Endpoint	"" (an empty string)
NetworkAddress	"myserver" ( the name of the host machine running nsid)
ServerNetworkAddress	"myserver" ( the name of the host machine running nsid)

Note You must have Digital Equipment Corporation's DCE Cell Directory Service product to configure the DCE CDS as your name-service provider. See the documentation provided by Digital Equipment Corporation for information about DCE CDS.