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Chapter 7 - Using a Windows NT or Windows 95 Client on a Banyan Network

Overview of Windows

Running Applications

Getting Help

Select the Help menu using the application menu bar to choose a Help category, such as Procedures or Commands.
Click the Help button that appears in some dialog boxes.
Press F1.

Overview of the Banyan Client

Locating Banyan Applications

Login
Logout
Messages
Send
Setup - only for Windows NT (contains multiple applets -- small Windows programs)
Change Password - only for Windows NT
Newrev - only for Windows 95

To Access the Banyan Program Group

For Windows NT 3.51, the Banyan/VINES program group was added to your desktop during installation. If it is minimized, click on the Banyan or VINES icon.
For Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95, click the Start button at the bottom of the Windows 95 desktop and then select Programs - Banyan from the menus that appear.

Getting Help

Windows 95

Regular Help - Detailed help files explaining how to use various features of the client. Access regular help files by either clicking the Help button on a dialog box, choosing help from the menu bar.
Context-sensitive Help - Popup text boxes that explain what an item on the screen is and what it does. Access context-sensitive help by doing one of the following:

- Click the question mark on a dialog box title bar and click on a dialog box element.

- Click on a dialog box element with the right mouse button and choose What's This? from the context menu.

Note: In addition, you can access the entire Banyan Client for Windows 95 Help system by clicking the Help icon in the Banyan Program group.

Windows NT

Note: In addition, you can access the entire Banyan Client for Windows NT Help system by clicking the Help icon in the Banyan Program group.

Login and Logout

Use the Banyan Login program to log in to the Banyan's Windows NT and Windows 95 Clients independently of other clients on your workstation.
Enable Common Login so that when you log in to your Windows NT or Windows 95 workstation, you are automatically logged in to the Banyan Client.

Common Login

Property Sheets for Windows 95

Files and Directories - The property sheets for these items allow you to view information about the item and to set Access Rights Lists (ARLs) for each item.
Printers - The property sheets for printers allow you to view information about the print service and set various print options such as the banner page, print time, and paper format.
Client and Protocol - The property sheets for these items allow you to configure the Banyan Client and VINES Protocol for Windows 95.

To Access Property Sheets

1. Click an item with the right mouse button. A context menu appears.

2. Choose Properties.

3. Property sheets for an item may include multiple pages. Click the tabs to display other pages.

Newrev for Windows 95

Accessing Network File Services

The Network Neighborhood lets you view and use file services on the network without mapping a drive. From the Network Neighborhood, you can use StreetTalk search patterns to locate and access items on the network.
The My Computer icon lets you access all of your workstation's local resources, including network file services that have been mapped to drive letters. Any file services mapped to drive letters appear under My Computer as network drive icons.

Printing

Messages

Where to Go from Here

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