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- README for Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.03
- For Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
- August 1997
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- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1997
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- HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT
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-
- To view Readme.txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window.
-
- To print Readme.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor,
- and then use the Print command on the File menu.
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- CONTENTS
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- INSTALLING MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER
- Installing from the Internet
- LAN Installations
- Running on a Remote Installation
- Before Using the Mail Client
- Using Third-Party Telnet Helper Applications
- Making a Backup Copy of the Software
- Changing the Default Installation Directory
-
- VM FOR JAVA
- How to Disable VM for Java
- Settings for Java
- Technical Support for VM
- Known Issues
-
- KNOWN ISSUES AND BUGS
-
-
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- -------------------
-
- This version is primarily intended for users of Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R)
- 3.51 who are connected to a local area network (LAN) or who have existing
- Internet connections (people who have an existing TCP/IIP connection,
- a dialer, and an account with an Internet service provider).
-
- This release includes Microsoft Windows 3.1 Virtual Machine (VM) for
- Java(TM). It supports the same feature set available in Sun JDK 1.02.
-
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 4 or newer
- - A VGA monitor or better
- - A mouse
- - A 9600 BPS modem or a LAN connection
- - A TCP/IP stack and dialer, or a configured RAS connection
- for Windows NT 3.51
-
- Important
- If you are accessing the Internet through a LAN or just browsing
- your internal network (intranet), your network administrator can
- provide you with the appropriate version of Winsock.dll.
-
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- INSTALLING MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER
- --------------------------------------
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- Installing from the Internet
- ----------------------------
-
- To install Microsoft Internet Explorer from the Internet, carry out
- the following procedure.
-
- Important
- For the 40-bit version of Internet Explorer, the name of the download
- file is Dlbm30f.exe. For the 40-bit Windows NT version, the file name
- is BmNT30f.exe. For the 128-bit version, you determine the file name
- at the time you download it.
-
- 1. Create a temporary directory on your computer.
- 2. Choose to download Microsoft Internet Explorer from the Internet,
- and save the download file to the temporary directory.
- 3. In File Manager, run the download file to extract the program files.
- 4. Read the instructions below for LAN installations and for installing
- with existing TCP/IP connections.
- 5. In File Manager, run Setup.exe. Setup installs files in the
- directory you specify.
-
- Note
- If you are upgrading to a newer version of Internet Explorer and
- choose to install the program in a different directory from your
- original version, please refer to the following section, "Upgrading
- over Earlier Versions," for further instructions.
-
- 6. Run Internet Explorer.
-
-
- LAN Installations
- -----------------
-
- If you already have access to the Internet through your LAN, you will be
- able to use Internet Explorer to browse the Internet. (If you are not
- sure whether you currently have access, consult your network
- administrator.)
-
- If you have access, your LAN administrator should provide you with
- the address of proxy servers that can be used.
-
- To install Internet Explorer, you need to do the following:
-
- - Make sure you have the TCP/IP protocol installed.
- - Run the installation in Custom mode, and make sure that the
- check box labaled TCP/IP Stack And Dialer is not selected.
-
- Proxy servers can also be used, provided they are CERN compliant.
-
- To enable use of a proxy server:
-
- 1. On the View menu, click Options.
- 2. On the Connection tab, select the check box under Proxy
- Server, and then click Settings.
- 3. In the Proxy Settings dialog box, type the address of your
- proxy server and change any other necessary settings.
-
-
- Running on a Remote Installation
- --------------------------------
-
- If you will be running Internet Explorer on a diskless workstation:
-
- 1. Install Internet Explorer on the server.
- 2. Copy Iexplore.ini to the client Windows directory.
-
-
- If you will be sharing a remote installation from a client computer
- running Windows 3.1:
-
- 1. The following files must be in the client computer's
- Windows\System directory:
-
- Comctlie.dll
- Vscrpt16.dll
- Jscrpt16.dll
- Secur16.dll
- Security.dll
- Msapsp16.dll
- Msnssp.dll
- Signin16.hlp
- Msnath16.hlp
-
- and optionally the following RealAudio files:
-
- Ragui16.dll
- Ra16.dll
- Ract14_4.dll
- Ra3228_8.dll
- Pnloader.dll
-
- 2. The client computer must have OLE 2.03 or higher installed.
- Copying the OLE files will not properly update the system.
- 3. The file Iexplore.ini should be on the client computer.
- 4. The Iexplore.ini file should be modified to accommodate the
- desired location of the favorites, Help, and cookies files,
- and other URLs that are specified here.
-
-
- Before Using the Mail Client
- ----------------------------
-
- This software includes Internet Mail for Windows NT 3.51. Internet Mail
- enables you to send and receive electronic mail using the Internet.
- In order to use Internet Mail, you need to have an e-mail account.
-
- If you did not use the Internet Connection Wizard to setup Internet Mail,
- you need to configure Internet Mail before using it. If it has not
- been configured, Internet Mail will ask you to enter the following
- information:
- - The names of the network servers that you use to send and
- receive your mail (the name of your POP3 and SMTP servers)
- - Your login name and password on the server from which you retrieve
- e-mail
- - Your e-mail address
- If you are not ready to enter this information, contact your system
- administrator or your Internet service provider for assistance.
-
-
- Using Third-Party Telnet Helper Applications
- ----------------------------------------------
-
- To configure Internet Explorer to use a Telnet helper application,
- open Iexplore.ini and locate the [Helpers] section. Remove the
- semicolon (;) from in front of the telnet= line, and type the path to
- the telnet application. For example:
-
- [helpers]
- telnet=c:\windows\telnet.exe %s
-
-
- Making a Backup Copy of the Software
- ------------------------------------
-
- 1. Make sure that you have three floppy disks (3.5" disks with 1.44
- MB capacity).
- 2. After you have downloaded the software and have run the downloads file
- (see "Installing from the Internet" section earlier in this file) your
- temporary directory contains all the files that you need to make disks.
- 3. Copy the file Iew31_3.cab on your disk number 3.
- 4. Copy the file Iew31_2.cab on your disk number 2.
- 5. Copy the following files on your disk number 1.
- Files.inf
- Readme.txt
- Iew31_1.cab
- Setup.exe
- Install.lst
- License.txt
- Install.bin
- Setup.ini
-
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- Changing the Default Installation Directory
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- Setup enables you to change the name of the installation directory for
- Microsoft Internet Explorer. The default directory name is C:\IExplore.
- If you choose to install Microsoft Internet Explorer in a different
- directory, please make sure the new directory name does not contain
- any special extended or DBCS (Double-Byte Character Set) characters.
- Only characters in the lower ASCII range can be used for the name of
- the installation directory.
-
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- VM FOR JAVA
- ------------
-
- This release includes Microsoft Windows 3.1 Virtual Machine (VM)
- for Java(TM)*. It supports the same feature set available in Sun
- JDK 1.02. If you are running NT 3.51, the service pack 4 or newer
- is needed. Otherwise, you will see instability in the VM.
-
-
- How to Disable the VM for Java
- ------------------------------
-
- To disable Java applets in Internet Explorer because of security or
- other concerns, carry out the following steps:
-
- 1. Click the View menu, and then click Options.
- 2. Click the Security tab.
- 3. Clear the Enable Java Programs checkbox.
-
-
- Settings for Java
- ------------------
- The settings for VM for Java are in the JavaVM section in the
- Iexplore.ini file, which is located in the Windows directory. You
- can modify the following settings by using a text editor, such as
- Notepad, to open the file.
-
- ClassPath: Lists which directories to search for classes.
-
- If you want to run Java applets on your local
- computer, you can put all the class files into
- an uncompressed Zip file and add the full path
- of the Zip file to your ClassPath string.
-
- For example:
-
- ClassPath=c:\iedir\classes.zip;c:\myclass\myclass.zip
-
- DefaultOptions: The options for Java VM
-
- mx<number> Sets the maximum Java heap size.
- ms<number> Sets the minimum Java heap size.
- ss<number> Sets the C stack size of the VM.
- oss<number> Sets the Java stack size of the VM.
- verify Verifies all classes when read in.
- verifyremote Verifies classes reading in over the network
- (default).
- noverify Does not verify any class.
-
- Typically, you do not need to change the default options settings.
- However, if you have problems running large and complicated applets
- (which include many classes and need more heap space), try increasing
- the numbers for the ms and mx settings.
-
- By default, ms is set as 600KB and mx is set as 2048KB. You can increase
- the number of the ms option to 800KB or so; or, increase mx to 3096KB
- or so. However, ms should not be larger than mx. You can try this when
- you see an Out Of Memory exception on the browser status bar.
-
- *Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
-
-
- Technical Support for VM
- ------------------------
-
- VM for Java is supported through the Microsoft News Server. The
- following newsgroup is dedicated to the discussion of VM for Java and
- provides a great deal of support:
-
- news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.java.win16.all
-
- Note
- For general discussion of Internet Explorer, use this newsgroup:
-
- news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.win3.1x
-
- To set up Internet Explorer to use this news server, follow these steps:
-
- 1. In Internet Explorer, click the View menu, and then click Options.
- 2. On the Programs tab, click the News button.
- 3. In the News Server Address box, type:
-
- MSNEWS.MICROSOFT.COM
-
-
- Known Issues with Java
- ----------------------
-
- -- OutOfMemory exception on browser status bar. This message
- indicates an out-of-system-memory error. The Java virtual
- machine allocates limited memory for Java run time. If the
- Java applet is too big, it will use all the memory.
- -- For non-Latin1 versions of Windows, this release of Internet Explorer
- does not support loading Java applets in directories named with
- extended characters. It will be supported in the next release.
-
-
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- KNOWN ISSUES AND BUGS
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-
- * No inline video.
- * No Internet shortcuts.
- * You cannot open another instance of Internet Explorer by double-clicking
- an .htm file in File Manager or double-clicking the Internet Explorer icon
- in Program Manager. To open a new instance of Internet Explorer, choose
- New Window from the File menu.
- * Internet Explorer might have difficulty loading a very large number of
- newsgroups (>16000). If your news server has a large number of newsgroups,
- you should use a dedicated newsreader to browse the groups.
- * After upgrading to version 3.03, if you run an earlier version, you might
- get an error dialog box stating "Could not :Load Entry Point in Security
- Protocol Module: Proxy_Basic=Proxy_basic_Load,basic.dll". This is a
- harmless warning. Click OK and continue or copy Basic.dll from the 3.03
- installation over the Basic.dll of the previous installation.
- * You might experience problems running some plug-ins. We are working with
- several vendors on these issues.
- * Pressing the TAB key does not select the Address bar as in previous
- versions.
- * If you are running Windows NT 3.51, the background of the Font Preview
- box (on the Font tab in the Internet Mail Options dialog box) will
- sometimes change colors. In some cases, this color may be very dark,
- making it impossible to see the font being previewed. It is, however,
- still possible to change the font. Restarting your computer a few times
- may solve the color problem.
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