====================================================================== Microsoft(r) Connection Manager 1.2 Readme File For Microsoft Windows(R) 95, Windows 98, Windows NT(R) Workstation 4.0, and Windows NT Server 4.0 January 1999 ====================================================================== (C) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1995-1999 This document contains important, late-breaking information about Microsoft(r) Connection Manager 1.2. Before installing Connection Manager, please review this entire document. It contains critical information to ensure proper installation and use of the product. ------------------------------------------------ HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT ------------------------------------------------ You can view the Readme file on-screen in Windows Notepad. To print the Readme file, open it in Notepad or another word processor, and then on the File menu, click Print. ----------------- CONTENTS ----------------- 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2. USING CONNECTION MANAGER 1.2 2.1 Using the Dialer 2.2 Uninstalling Connection Manager 2.3 Technical Support 3. KNOWN ISSUES WITH MICROSOFT CONNECTION MANAGER 1.2 ------------------------------------------- 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ------------------------------------------- This version is intended for users of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or higher, and Windows NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or higher. To use this release, you need one of these operating systems with at least 2 MB of space available on your hard disk and a 9600 Baud or faster modem (for dial-up connections). This release will not install on Windows NT 5.0 beta 2 or Windows 2000. --------------------------------------------------------- 2. USING CONNECTION MANAGER 1.2 --------------------------------------------------------- 2.1 Using the Dialer -------------------------- To start a connection with Microsoft Connection Manager 1.2, double-click the icon for your service located on the Windows desktop. The Connection Manager logon dialog box should appear. Enter your username and password. Click the Properties button. If available, click the Phone Book button and select a phone number from the list. If the Phone Book button is not available, then type a phone number directly into the Phone Number box. Click OK. Then, in the logon dialog box, click the Connect button. 2.2 Uninstalling Connection Manager ------------------------------------------------- To uninstall Connection Manager, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. Select Microsoft Connection Manager, and then click Add/Remove. To uninstall your service profile, right-click your service's program icon on the desktop, and then click Delete. 2.3 Technical Support ---------------------------- Contact your network administrator or service provider for support on this product. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. KNOWN ISSUES WITH MICROSOFT CONNECTION MANAGER 1.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * If you are running Windows NT 4.0, you must manually configure Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) for your virtual private network (VPN). To configure PPTP for VPN on Windows NT 4.0: 1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network. 2. On the Protocols tab, click Add, and then click Point To Point Tunneling Protocol. 3. Click OK. 4. In Number of Virtual Private Networks, enter 1. 5. In the Remote Access Setup window, click Add. 6. In the Add RAS Device dialog box, select VPN1 - RASPPTPM, and then click OK. 7. Select VPN1, and then click Configure. 8. In the Configure Port Usage dialog box, select Dial-Out Only, if it is not already selected, and then click OK. 9. Click Network and make sure that TCP/IP is selected and then complete the installation. * If you are running Windows NT 4.0 and are using a Connection Manager service profile that requires Dial-Up Scripting, you must install Windows NT Service Pack 3 or later. It is recommended that you install the latest upgrade (currently Window NT Service Pack 4). If you have problems with Connection Manager that you cannot resolve using the Connection Manager troubleshooting Help, uninstall RAS, re-install it, and then re-install the Windows NT service pack. Verify in RAS that VPN1 is configured for "Dial-Out Only." (See the above procedure for the method for configuring VPN1.) * On Windows NT 4.0, if you try to establish more than one connection, you might see the message, "The modem is not configured properly." This sometimes happens if you try to dial too quickly, or if you start Connection Manager when a connection has already been established using Dial-Up Networking. Use one connection at a time. * If you are running Windows NT 4.0 and you change the Disconnect If Idle setting, the change will not take effect until you quit Connection Manager and restart it. * If you want to install a Connection Manager service profile on a computer running Windows 98, you should uninstall the VPN1 adapter before installing Connection Manager 1.2. Connection Manager installs it but may not be able to reinstall over an existing VPN adapter. * Connection Manager does not support displaying a terminal window. * If you use direct VPN connections, you cannot use Microsoft Windows CE software from the desktop.