NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  NDPS: Latest NDPS client updates - 4.83/3.32
TID #:  2965005
README FOR:  ndpc4831b.exe

SUPERSEDES:
ndpc4831a.exe
ndppnt483.exe

NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS:
Novell Client 4.83 for Windows NT/2000/XP
Novell Client 3.32 for Windows 95/98

ABSTRACT:

Latest client updates for 4.83 and 3.32 clients.  

Update NDPS Client for the NT/2000/XP 4.83SP1 client to address problems
associated with NDPS RPM and drivers not being installed.  Please see TID
10073624 for further details.

Also addresses drivers not being downloaded when a broker goes down in a
multi-broker environment.  Please see the ISSUE section below for further
details.

Also fixes several spooler crash issues on the 4.83 client as well.  For a
complete listing of fixes, please see the ISSUES section below.

NOTE:  This file can be used on the NT/2000/XP 4.83SP1 client and the Win9x
3.32 SP1 client.



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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

There are three methods to install the attached patches.

METHOD 1:  If you will be putting a client on for the first time, or upgrade an
existing workstation with a new version of the client, you can just replace the
files below into your client distribution.  Then you could run SETUPNW, SETUPNW
with an ACU, or ACU.EXE to have the client installed onto the workstation.

METHOD 2:  You can use the included _INSTALL.INF.  Just right click on the
_INSTALL.INF file and select "Install".  You may need to reboot your
workstation to have the new files applied to your workstation.

METHOD 3:  Use ZEN to push the changes out to the workstations.


ISSUE: 

NDPPNT.DLL dated 11FEB2003

TID 10078129:  Random SPOOLSV.EXE or SPOOLSS.EXE service access violations 
after installing 4.83 SP1.  (100302804, 322802)

TID 10078231:  Random NDS -303 ERR_BAD_CONTEXT errors reported by NDPS Remote
Printer Management (RPM) status display during login.

TID 10078128:  First NDPS printer installed via the Add Printer Wizard may fail
to automatically download associated Windows printer driver.

TID 10078129:  Random SPOOLSV.EXE or SPOOLSS.EXE service access violations
after installing 4.83 SP1.

TID 10078130:  Windows "Users" group members unable to read Novell print
provider configuration parameters.  This often happens in a Terminal Server
environment.

TID 10073119:  Cannot view or enumerate printer drivers installed on remote
Windows machine when Novell Client for NT/2000/XP installed.

TID 10078131:  NDPS printer shows "Failed to open, retrying" on Windows
installed printer job list, but printing works.

TID10078132:  NDPS installed Windows printer will intermittently show false
"Ready" status.

Other issues resolved by NDPPNT.DLL:

*  Enhanced DRIVER_INFO_5 support in NDPS print provider to increase
compatibility with certain Windows 2000 and Windows XP printer drivers.

*  Addressed condition that could potentially prevent non-reachable printers
from being considered reachable again once the workstation established a
connection with the appropriate server or NDS tree.

*  Enhanced printer status querying to generate less traffic. Enhanced mapping
of NDPS printer agent statuses to Windows printer statuses such that more NDPS
printer agent states are reflected in the Windows printer status.

*  Address potential false error status when return from GetPrinterDriver
operations.


DP*WIN32.DLL dated 06FEB2003

TID 10077399:  Dr. Watson errors occur in SPOOLSV.EXE.

TID 10073624:  Printer drivers are not being pushed down via NDPS RPM.

TID 10076361:  NDPS printer drivers are not downloading to the workstation when
adding the printers via the "Add Printer" wizard.


DPRPCW32.DLL dated 05FEB2003

TID 10080018:  Random "write fault" errors or SPOOLSV.EXE or SPOOLSS.EXE
service access violations in DPRPCW32.DLL. 

No TID:  SPOOLSV access violation in DPRPCW32.DLL when binding.


Self-Extracting File Name: ndpc4831b.exe

Files Included          Size         Date          Time
..\
 NDPC4831B.TXT   (This file)
  DPAWIN32.DLL         90144     2-6-2003    4:27:06 pm
  DPLRNAME.DLL         77856     2-6-2003    4:27:06 pm
  DPLRNAME.EXE         65568     2-6-2003    4:38:56 pm
  DPLWIN32.DLL        184352     2-6-2003    4:27:06 pm
  DPPWIN32.DLL        155680     2-6-2003    4:27:06 pm
  DPRPCW32.DLL         45119     2-5-2003    3:31:42 pm
  DPSWIN32.DLL        131104     2-6-2003    4:27:06 pm
    NDPPNT.DLL        131151    2-11-2003   10:19:38 am
  NIPPDRVI.DLL         53280    1-29-2003   10:08:40 am
  NIPPDZIP.DLL         98336    1-29-2003   10:10:30 am
    NIPPED.DLL         45086   12-20-2002    1:52:08 pm
  NIPPZLIB.DLL         32800   12-20-2002    1:50:20 pm
      ZLIB.DLL         77852   12-20-2002    1:46:52 pm
  _INSTALL.INF           539     2-7-2003    4:53:16 pm



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