How to Uninstall Novell's 32-Bit Network Client

• Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

This article describes how to uninstall Novell's 32-bit network client.

MORE INFORMATION

To uninstall Novell's 32-bit network client, follow these steps:

1. Remove the client in Network properties. To do so, follow these steps:

   a. In Control Panel, double-click Network.

   b. Click the Novell 32-bit client, and then click Remove.

   c. Click the Novell 32-bit IPX protocol, and then click Remove.

2. Add the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks. This step ensures that registry entries created by Novell's installation program are overwritten. After you install the Microsoft client and restart the computer, you can either remove the Microsoft client or leave it installed. To add the Microsoft client, follow these steps:

   a. In Network properties, click Add.

   b. Click Client, and then click Add.

   c. In the Manufacturers box, click Microsoft. In the Network Clients

         box, click Microsoft Client For NetWare Networks, and then click
         OK.
   

   d. Click OK. When you are prompted to restart the computer, click No.

3. Click the Start button, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders. In the Named box, type "netdef.inf" (without quotation marks), and then click Find Now. When the file is found, use the right mouse button to click the file, and then click Rename on the menu that appears. Rename the file to Netdef.nw.

4. If Novell's 32-bit client has been installed only once, click the Start button, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders. In the Named box, type "netdef.bnw" (without quotation marks), and then click Find Now. When the file is found, use the right mouse button to click the file, and then click Rename on the menu that appears. Rename the file to Netdef.inf. This restores the original Netdef.inf file. Shut down and restart your computer, and skip the remaining steps in this article. If the 32-bit client has been installed more than once, or if you are not sure, continue with step 5.

5. Extract a new copy of the Netdef.inf file from your original Windows 95 CD-ROM or disks.

   To extract the Netdef.inf file from the CD-ROM, type the following command at a command prompt

         extract <drive>:\win95\precopy2.cab netdef.inf /L c:\windows\inf
   

   where <drive> is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive.

   To extract the Netdef.inf file from the floppy disk, type the following command

         extract <drive>:\precopy2.cab netdef.inf /L c:\windows\inf
   

   where <drive> is the drive letter of the floppy disk drive. Insert disk 2 in the floppy disk drive before typing this command.

6. Shut down and restart your computer.

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Additional Information

Novell's Knowledge Base on the Internet contains an article about uninstalling the Novell 32-bit client. The article is number 2910349. The article indicates that you can use the Novell Uns32.exe tool to uninstall the client and remove all the associated registry keys.