Tools for Upgrading Your Site to Windows 95

• Batch Setup utility (BATCH.EXE) for creating setup script batch files for installing Windows 95 on multiple computers. For more information, click the Help menu in Batch Setup. See also the BATCH.TXT file or the related topic in WIN95RK.HLP.

  Required files: BATCH.EXE, BATCH.HLP, CMDIALOG.VBX, OPTIONAL.INI, VBRUN300.DLL

• INF Installer utility (INFINST.EXE) for adding software to the Windows 95 source files stored on a network server. For information about INF Installer, see INFINST.TXT, and see also the related topic in WIN95RK.HLP.

Note Before you can use INF Installer, you must use Server-based Setup to install the Windows 95 source files in a shared network directory. For information about Server-based Setup, see the related topic in WIN95RK.HLP.

• Microsoft Project files for planning Windows 95 deployment. Use this software to access a sample schedule file (DEPLOY.MPT) that summarizes the steps described in the Windows 95 Resource Kit "Deployment Planning Guide." If Microsoft Project is not already installed on your computer, run the setup utility provided so that you can start Microsoft Project and open this file. For instructions, see DEPLOY.TXT in the PLAN folder.

Required files: CHCKLIST.DOC, DEPLOY.TXT, _MSSETUP.EXE, ACMSETUP.EX_ ACMSETUP.HL_, ADMIN.INF, DECOMP.EXE, DEPLOY.IN_, DEPLOY.INF, DEPLOY.MP_,DEPLOY. STF, DEPLOY95.HL_, MSACAHBB,DL_, MSCPYDIS.DL_, MSSETUP.DLL, SETUP.EXE, SETUP.INI, SETUP.LST

Sample setup scripts for Windows 95 for creating custom setup scripts for Windows 95.

• AUTOMATE.INF defines everything required for automatic setup except the user's name. It also installs Windows 95 Accessibility features, and can be used to customize other aspects of Windows 95 Setup.
• DEFAULT.INF allows user input during Windows 95 Setup, but proposes a series of alternate defaults.
• INIPREP.INF describes methods of removing and replacing settings in INF files.
• MINBATCH.INF contains the minimum script required for automatic installation when upgrading from earlier versions of Windows.
• MSNET.INF contains a script for installing and configuring components for Microsoft networking.
• NWNET.INF contains a script for installing and configuring the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks and related networking components.
• REGIONAL.INF contains a script for configuring locale, selected keyboard, and multilanguage preferences.
• USERPROF.INF contains a script for installing and configuring user profiles, remote administration of the Registry, and group policies.

For more information about Windows 95 setup scripts, see the related topics in WIN95RK.HLP.