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Page xviii: Text Errors
Page xviii has two text errors (misspelled/garbled words):
4th bullet: "Each lesson ends with a short summary of the material
presenteda set of review questions..."
"presenteda set of " should be: "presented and a set of"
Last paragraph: "Because there are two exams associated with Windows
Architure for..."
"Architure" should be: "Architecture"
Chapter 1: System Monitor Not Included with Windows NT 4.0
The back cover of Microsoft Windows Architecture for Developers states that
you can complete this kit's lessons using Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
or Microsoft Windows 95. However, many of the labs in chapter one make
extensive use of a Windows 95 utility called System Monitor. Windows NT 4.0
does not include System Monitor.
Microsoft Press is investigating this problem and will post further
information when available.
Page 19: File Name Refers Only To Windows NT
On page 19, under "Paging", the following statement is made:
"To maximize its flexibility in managing memory, the kernel can move pages
of physical memory to and from a paging file (Pagefile.sys) on a disk. When
a page is moved in physical memory, the kernel updates the page maps of the
affected processes."
The filename: "Pagefile.sys" only refers to Windows NT. No mention is made
of the Windows 95 paging file, (Win386.swp).
Page 26: Text Error
Page 26 illustrates the three dynamic link libraries: User32, GDI32, and
Kernel32. However, Kernel32 is misspelled in the text and in the illustration.
Specifically:
Text: "The core code of Win32 API is primarily made up of three dynamic link
libraries (DLLs): USER32, GDI32, and KERNAL32."
"Kernal32" should be "Kernel32".
Figure 1.10: Box in lower right-hand corner, "KERNAL32".
This should read "KERNEL32".
Page 29: Regedit.exe is Windows 95 Tool Only
Page 29, section "Registry Editor": Change sentence to read as follows:
In Windows 95, the registry can be viewed or modified with the Registry
Editor (REGEDIT.EXE), located in the \Windows folder. In Windows NT, the
registry editor is called REGEDT32.EXE.
Page 30: Text Error
Page 30, paragraph 2, sentence 2:
Change: "...(typically USER.DAT)."
To: "...(typically USER.DAT), and a file containing settings used
universally by the system (typically SYSTEM.DAT)."
Page 35: Correction for Question 2
On page 35, change question 2 from:
"What technique does Windows 95 and Windows NT use to run 16-bit applications?"
To:
"What technique does Windows 95 and Windows NT use to call a 16-bit function from a 32-bit application?"
Personal Web Server Exercises Cannot Be Run in NT 4.0
Page 42 starts a section of exercises using applications which involve the
use of Personal Web Server for Windows 95. The exercises are: "Using FTP",
"Configuring TCP/IP", "WINIPCFG", and "TRACERT".
These exercises cannot be performed as stated on systems with NT 4.0.
On NT 4.0 Server, Internet Information Server is the replacement for
Personal Web Server. The steps will need to be adapted for use with
Microsoft Internet Information Server.
Microsoft Press is aware of this issue and will post further information
when available.
Chapter 4 Requirements: NWind.mdb Cannot Be Read-Only
The exercises in Chapter 4 ask you to interface to a database on the CD-ROM
using Excel and Visual Basic:
\WA\Practice\NWind.mdb
This database is Read-Only, and accessing it gives an error. The workaround
is to copy the database to a temporary file and clear the 'Read-Only'
property. Then at each point in the lesson where the \WA\Practice\Nwind.mdb
file is mentioned, substitute instead the temporary file (for example,
c:\temp\Nwind.mdb). The exercise will then run properly.
Chapter 6 Requirements: Need Customized MS Access Installed
In order to successfully complete the exercises in Chapter 6, you
must have installed Microsoft Access using the Custom installation
option.
In the Custom installation, you must have installed "Replicate Using
My Briefcase" for the exercises to work correctly.
Chapter 7: ODBC Direct & RDO Exercises Require DSN To Be Set
Pages 209 and 216 of Chapter 7 show 2 exercises which use ODBC Direct
and RDO (respectively) to retrieve data into an application from the
Northwind database.
Both exercises contain a connection statement where "DSN=nwind"; however,
this DSN setting does not work and the applications halt without performing
data retrieval.
The DSN must be set manually, and instructions need to be added to the
chapter which describe this procedure.
Microsoft Press is aware of this problem and will post further
information when available.
Page 261: FrontPage/VBScript Example Does Not Work in NT 4.0 Server
Lesson 2 of Chapter 9 discusses Using Microsoft VBScript for Client Side
Scripting, and contains an exercise on pages 260-61 which the student should
work through. However, using Windows NT 4.0 (Server), this exercise cannot
be completed.
Microsoft Press is aware of this issue and will post further information
when available.
Page 351: Text Error
Page 351, question 5, sentence 2:
Change: "TAPI"
To: "LSAPI"
Page 426: Text Error in Question & Answers
On page 426 of "Questions and Answers", Question 19 from Chapter 1 reads:
- "How many threads are active? (increases by 1)"
For systems running Windows 95, this is incorrect; the answer should be
"(increases by 2)". This question refers to the exercise on examining threads
which starts on page 13 of Chapter 1. In the exercise, on a system running
Windows 95, using System Monitor to observe the number of Kernel Threads after
opening an MS-DOS Window shows that 2 more threads are added.
Readme.txt Gives Incorrect Version Requirements
The Readme.txt file in the root directory of the companion disc states, in
part:
If you want to use the online portion of this book, you
will need to have Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x or later
installed on your computer.
However, the online portion of the book requires Microsoft Internet
Explorer 4.0 or later.
Correction:
Change: "Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x"
To: "Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0"
CD-ROM: AVI Files Do Not Launch From E-Book
The lessons included as multimedia files in the \AVI subdirectory of the
CD-ROM do not launch from the E-Book.
In the E-Book in the section: "About the Online Book", it is stated:
"The CD-ROM also includes an on-line version of the book that you can use to
launch demonstrations, link to all of the referenced articles, and view
on-screen as you work through the exercises."
To launch the multimedia file, use Windows Explorer to navigate to the \AVI
subdirectory, then select the file to launch.
This error will be corrected in a future edition of the Windows Architecture
for Developers Training kit.
Microsoft Press is committed to providing informative and accurate books.
All comments and corrections listed above are ready for inclusion in future
printings of this book. If you have a later printing of the book, it may
already contain the above corrections.