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This document discusses technical details related to browsing for 32-bit, protected-mode network clients provided with Microsoft® Windows® 95. The document has been divided into three parts:
The information in this document is provided for network administrators and others responsible for maintaining networks that include workstations running Microsoft® Windows® 95. The focus here is the technical implementation of browsing with Microsoft networking, but details are also provided for the Novell NetWare-compatible peer server service called File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks.
This information supplements details about installing and configuring network services described in the Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit. This document focuses on internal processes and topology issues. For information about how to use Network Neighborhood and other aspects of the user interface for browsing, see Windows 95 Help.
| For more information about | See |
| Browsing with Windows 95 on Microsoft and NetWare networks, plus configuring browsing support for peer servers running Windows 95 | Chapter 11, "Logon, Browsing, and Resource Sharing," in the Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit (Microsoft Press, 1995). |
| Browsing on networks running Windows NT®, including technical details related to Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) | Windows NT Networking Guide (volume 2 in the Microsoft Windows NT 3.5 Resource Kit) (Microsoft Press, 1995). |
| Technical details about the implementation of Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows 95 | Microsoft TCP/IP and Windows 95 Networking, a Microsoft Windows 95 white paper (part number 098-61902). |
Details from the Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit can also be searched and read online by using the Win95RK.hlp file, which is available in the Admin\Reskit\Helpfile directory on the Windows 95 compact disc or with the Windows 95 Resource Kit utilities.
Note In this paper, the term server refers to any computer that can provide resources to the rest of the network. A computer running Windows 95 plus File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, for example, is a server because it can share file or printer resources with other computers on the network. The computer does not have to actually share resources to be considered a server.
In this document, any reference to computers running Windows NT Server is always made explicitly. Any reference to computers running Windows 95 in this document refers to computers running Windows 95 plus File and Printer Sharing services.
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