---------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 1 README for Individual Users February l996 ---------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1996 ------------------------ HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT ------------------------ To view Readme.txt onscreen 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. For system administrators who maintain a Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 95 network installation site, you should read Admin.doc. Admin.doc explains how to update your network installation site so that any future installations will include the updated components. Admin.doc is located on Disk 2 of the complete Service Pack 1 download (Start.exe and Disk 2 through Disk 14). For more information, see the readme for Information System Professionals, SP1IProf.txt. NOTE! Do not install the Service Pack 1 Update English version on the English Pan European version of Windows 95 or any other non-English version of Windows 95. If you install the Windows 95 Service Pack 1 by mistake follow the instructions in the REMOVING THE SERVICE PACK 1 UPDATE section below. -------- CONTENTS -------- - DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS FOR SERVICE PACK 1 UPDATE - INSTALLING THE SERVICE PACK 1 UPDATE - REMOVING THE SERVICE PACK 1 UPDATE - INSTALLING MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER 2.0 - WINDOWS DRIVER LIBRARY - TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION - MORE INFORMATION ON THE SERVICE PACK 1 UPDATE DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS FOR SERVICE PACK 1 UPDATE =============================================== 1. Create a temporary folder on your hard disk. 2. Download the file titled "Windows 95 Service Pack 1 Update" in the new folder. 3. Quit any applications that are currently running. 4. If you use Microsoft Plus! System Agent, right-click the System Agent icon on the toolbar, and then click Suspend System Agent. 5. In that folder, double-click Setup.exe, and then follow the instructions on your screen. When the Setup.exe program finishes, your version of Windows 95 will be updated to version 4.00.950a. Notes - Do not click Cancel during Setup. Doing so might cause Setup to fail. This may be true even though a message is displayed stating that your system was updated successfully - If you cancel Setup by mistake, run Setup again. If you are asked "Do you want to overwrite the file?" choose Yes To All. REMOVING THE SERVICE PACK 1 UPDATE ================================== 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. 3. Click the Install/Uninstall tab, click Windows 95 Service Pack 1, and then click Add/Remove. 4. Follow the instructions on your screen. INSTALLING MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER 2.0 ========================================== Microsoft Internet Explorer Unlocks the Potential of the Internet - Exciting - Version 2.0 opens the Web to great new content. - Fast - Provides the best browser performance for Windows 95. - Easy-to-Use - Microsoft Internet Explorer's integration with Windows 95 makes browsing the Internet as easy as using Windows 95. - Compatible - Version 2.0 extends compatibility to include all major Internet standards. - Safe - Version 2.0 supports existing security standards and is ready for upcoming enhancements. Installing Internet Explorer 2.0 -------------------------------- Upgrading to Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 is easy, whether you are already using a version of Internet Explorer or whether you are using another Internet browser. 1. Double-click the file Msie20.exe. 2. If you're using a previous version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, click Open File to automatically upgrade your existing version. If you're using a different browser, create a temporary folder on your hard disk, and then save the file in it. 3. Double-click the downloaded file to extract the program files. More Information About Using Internet Explorer 2.0 ----------------------------------------------------- For more information, in Microsoft Internet Explorer, click the Help menu, and then click Help Topics. You can also visit the http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/iedl.htm site on the World Wide Web. This site provides additional information about Microsoft Internet Explorer, including answers to frequently asked questions, information about creating your own web pages, and technical specifications. WINDOWS DRIVER LIBRARY ====================== NOTE - The Online version of the Windows Driver Library is constantly updated with the latest available drivers. If you have a modem or other access to one of the following online areas, you should check to see if a newer version of your driver is available. Worldwide Web: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/drivers/drivers.htm FTP: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com MSN(TM) - The Microsoft Network: Look in the Windows 95 area. Gopher: gopher://gopher.microsoft.com CompuServe(R): GO MSL Microsoft Download Service (MSDL): In the U.S., call 206-936-6735 (no connect-time charges). To install a new driver from the WDL ------------------------------------- 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click Add New Hardware. 3. When asked whether you want to search for your new hardware, click No. 4. Click the hardware type for the driver you are installing. 5. Click Have Disk. 6. Enter the location of the driver file. 7. Follow the instructions on your screen. To upgrade existing drivers ---------------------------- 1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. 2. On the Device Manager tab, double-click the device type and the device you want to upgrade. 3. On the Driver tab, click Change Driver. 4. Click Have Disk. 5. Type the location of the driver file. 6. When prompted to insert the software installation disk, type the location of the driver file. 7. Follow the instructions on your screen. NOTE - Not all devices have a Driver tab, and consequently there is no button to allow driver updating. In this case, it's best to follow the "To install a new driver" procedure above. TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION ============================= Assistance with this Service Pack is provided to you through the Microsoft 90-day Windows 95 warranty support policy. Installing the Service Pack will not restart this warranty period. If your 90-day Windows 95 warranty support period has expired, paid phone support as well as alternative options are available, as described below. Microsoft Information Access ---------------------------- Online or support service Access procedures ------------------------- ----------------- The Microsoft Network On the Microsoft menu, click Windows 95, and then click WinNews, or access the Microsoft Knowledge Base. America Online(R) Use the keyword winnews. CompuServe(R) Type GO WINNEWS. To access the Microsoft Knowledge Base for product information, type GO MSKB. FTP on the Internet ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/PerOpSys/Win_News GEnie(TM) Download files from the WinNews area in Windows 95 RTC. Prodigy(TM) Type JUMP WINNEWS. World Wide Web (Internet) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ Microsoft FastTips Call (800) 936-4200, available for Windows 95 seven days a week, 24 hours a day, including holidays. Microsoft Download Contact by modem at (206) 936-6735, Service (MSDL) seven days a week, 24 hours a day, including holidays. Microsoft Solution For a referral, call Microsoft at Provider for installation (800) SOLPROV [(800) 765-7768] and support Microsoft Text Telephone Call (206) 635-4948, between 6:00 a.M. (TT/TDD) services and 6:00 P.M. Pacific time, Monday through Friday Microsoft Product Support Services ---------------------------------- Standard support for non-networking issues: Call (206) 637-7098 between 6:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. Pacific time, Monday through Friday. After a 90-day free period, call (900) 555-2000 or (800) 936-5700. For support outside the U.S., contact your local Microsoft Priority support, including networking issues: Priority telephone access to Windows 95 support engineers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, excluding holidays, in the U.S. In Canada, the hours are from 6:00 A.M. to midnight, days a week, excluding holidays. Priority support phone numbers and availability can be found in "Introducing Windows 95" or in the Windows 95 readme file Support.txt. Networking issues are defined as setup, configuration, or usage of Windows 95 in a networked environment. This includes, but is not restricted to, the following: Setting up a computer to be used in a networked network administration, dialing in to a computer, connecting to the Internet using a service provider, and using e-mail or fax from within Windows 95. MORE INFORMATION ON THE SERVICE PACK 1 UPDATE ============================================= OLE32 Update ------------ The Windows 95 OLE 32 update addresses file-management behavior in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint® for Windows 95. Because of the way these applications use OLE for file storage, files created by these applications might contain extraneous data from previously deleted files. This data is not visible while you use the applications. However, when such a document file is viewed by using Windows Notepad (for example), it might be possible to see pieces of information from the previously deleted files. This could pose information security or privacy concerns if you distribute electronic versions of files created using these applications. The OLE 32 update addresses this problem. Although the problem is known to occur only in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for Windows 95, the OLE 32 update is designed to prevent any application from potentially causing the same problem. Notes - If you use Microsoft Office with Windows NT®, this problem does not affect you, because the operating system initializes (clears) any disk space used by deleted files. - If you use Microsoft Word 6.0, Microsoft Excel 5.0, or Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 with Windows version 3.1 or on an Apple® Macintosh® computer, contact Microsoft Customer Services to obtain the "C" maintenance releases of these products. Early releases of these versions are known to have a similar extraneous-data problem, which is fixed in the "C" releases. If you use Microsoft Word 6.0, Microsoft Excel 5.0, or Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 with Windows 95, you should also obtain the "C" releases of these products. Microsoft Windows 95 Shell Update --------------------------------- This update to Shell32.dll makes it possible to browse NetWare® Directory Service printers from the Add Printer wizard. The Add Printer Wizard is found in the Printers folder. This change is applicable to you if you have installed Service for NetWare Directory Services. This update to the Windows 95 Shell32.dll file also fixes a problem in which files copied onto themselves can be truncated to a zero-byte file size. This occurs only in the following circumstances: - When you copy a file onto itself using two different views of the same network resource (these can be different mapped drive letters or UNC connections to a network resource). - When you copy a file onto itself using a drive that was created by the SUBST command. Windows 95 Common Dialog Update for Windows 3.1 Legacy Printer Drivers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In Windows 95, when 32-bit applications print using Windows 3.1 monolithic drivers or the Windows 3.1 Pscript.drv / Unidrv.dll driver, the applications sometimes fail. This update addresses that problem. Vserver Update: File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks --------------------------------------------------------------- This update is for a problem with File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks and a certain UNIX® network client (Samba's SMBCLIENT). The update corrects a problem with share-level security documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base on October 9, 1995. The update also includes a correction for a similar problem with user- level security that Microsoft recently discovered as part of its internal testing of the new driver. Note - The phrase "Microsoft Networks" refers to Microsoft's networking software, not MSN® (The Microsoft Network online service). Windows 95 enables users of the Samba SMBCLIENT to gain unauthorized access to the drive on which sharing is enabled by accepting certain specific networking commands. The Samba client is the only known SMB client that sends such networking commands. SMBCLIENT users do not automatically have access to the Windows 95 drive, and must know the exact steps to send these commands. The updated driver prevents Windows 95 from accepting these commands, preventing SMBCLIENT users from accessing the drive on which sharing is enabled. With the updated driver, an SMBCLIENT user will have access only to those shared folders that a Windows 95 user has designated. NWServer Update: File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks -------------------------------------------------------------- This update is for a problem with File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks which might affect data security for corporate users. If your computer is configured for file and printer sharing and Remote Administration is enabled, another user on the network might gain read- only access to your computer after the administrator has logged off the computer and before you have restarted your computer. To correct this problem, Microsoft has issued an updated driver for File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks. The updated driver ensures that only valid administrators have access to the computer's drive. Vredir Update ------------- The Vredir Update fixes a problem that affects only Windows 95 users who use Samba UNIX servers. The problem arises from the basic Windows 95 and UNIX filename formats. UNIX allows filenames that include the backslash (\) and asterisk (*) characters, but in Windows 95, these are wildcard characters. Suppose that a Samba server contains a file named \\server\share\*.*, a legal UNIX filename. If a Windows 95 user connects to that server and tries to delete the *.* file by using Windows Explorer, all the files on \\server\share are deleted instead. This updated version of Vredir prevents this from happening by rejecting filenames that contain the \ or * characters. Windows 95 Password List Update ------------------------------- The Windows 95 Password List Update protects your password file against potential security violations. When you connect to a password-protected resource, such as a network drive, you can choose to save that password. Windows then stores the password in an encrypted file on your hard disk. An algorithm was posted on the Internet for decrypting this file. If someone has access to your password file and knows the decryption algorithm, they may be able to decrypt it and the passwords it contains and then gain access to the password-protected resources. The Password List Update provides vastly improved encryption that is 2^96 (2 to the 96th power) harder to decrypt than the previous encryption method. Microsoft Plus! Update (System Agent Update) -------------------------------------------- The Microsoft Plus! Update provides an updated version of Sage.dll to fix a minor problem with System Agent: When version 1.0 System Agent is running, programs that perform floating-point calculations might be slightly off in precision. This problem does not occur if System Agent is turned off. Note - If you do not have Microsoft Plus! installed on your computer, this update will have no effect on your system. If you install Microsoft Plus! at a later date (after the Microsoft Plus! Update has been installed), Microsoft Plus! Setup will leave the updated version of Sage.dll file on your system. Printer Port (Lpt.vxd) Update ----------------------------- This Lpt.vxd Update adds support for ECP (Enhanced Communication Parallel) port bi-directional communications used with certain printers (such as the Hewlett-Packard® LaserJet Series 4 and 5 printers, some Lexmark LaserPrinters, and possibly others). It may prevent timeout errors when printing. Note - The Lpt.vxd Update was also included in the Drivers\Printer\LPT folder on the Windows 95 CD-ROM; however, it was not installed by default during setup.