<<--Best Viewed : Full Screen using monospace font-->> ======================================================= NetNotify The Newsletter for Network Professionals May 19th, 1996 - Volume 1. Edition 2 via FTP - ftp.netcent.com/netnotify/netno1-2.txt via CIS - GO NOVUSER - download netno1-2.txt ======================================================= You may (un)subscribe to NetNotify by sending a message to NETNOTIFY-REQUEST@KI.NET with the word (un)subscribe in your message. Vendors, PR Agencies and MARCOM personnel with important information to get out to the masses should direct inquiries to NETNOTIFY-MARKETING@NETCENT.COM. Mail administrators interested in making NetNotify available to a large number of internal employees and reducing traffic to their Internet gateway should direct inquiries to NETNOTIFY-LISTMASTER@NETCENT.COM. ======================================================= Now in edition 2, we are continuing to pickup speed and our subscription base continues to grow! 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Please take a few minutes to read through the section and cast your ballots! It only takes a few minutes (IF that) and allows us to customize the newsletter for the people that matter most - you, the subscribers! Thanks for your support of NetNotify! Douglas J. Archell Publisher/Editor-In-Chief ======================= What's In This Edition? ======================= Voting - You Can Make A Difference o Cast Your Ballots - NetNotify Goes HTML? o More Often/More Information? General News and Tidbits o BrainShare CD's Still In The Works o Chatting Away on CompuServe o Doing The Message Shuffle with NetWire o CIS Support Goes Interactive o GroupWise Kisses DOS Farewell o Long Reaching Virus Still Kicking o Internet Filled with Previously Overweight, Lonely, Poor people Education, Seminars and Conferences o Microsoft SOLVPROV Needs Schedule Plus! o More Time For New and Current CNE's! o Calling The Certified - Novell Wants Input! o First Look And Demonstrations of Exchange New Products o Publishing on the Intranet with InnerWeb Publisher o NetWare Print Queues Now Easier To Manage Promotions and Price Slashing o 50 GroupWise Licenses - Yours for FREE o Get Bitten and Win! o Free DS Expert for NetWare 4.1 Promotion o Free NIC's from Digital!! Patches and Fixes o NetWare Clients o Novell GroupWise o Novell LAN Workplace/WorkGroup o NetWare Mac/AppleTalk o Arcada Backup Exec o Palindrome SM/BD o ARCserve o InnocuLAN o Compaq The Winners Circle - Current Contests o Contest - Free Edition of NSEPRO o Contest - Win COLD CA$H Getting In Touch with Us Copyright and Distribution ================================== Voting - You Can Make A Difference ================================== ---------------------------------------- Cast Your Ballots - NetNotify Goes HTML? ---------------------------------------- A vote is in progress to determine whether NetNotify should remain as it is now, a plain ASCII email message, or be turned into an HTML document. If NetNotify goes HTML, we will be able to deliver improved functionality, in a much more visually appealing manner. As an HTML document, the newsletter would continue being delivered right to your desktop to be viewed in NetScape, Internet Explorer, or the browser of your choice. 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We have various writers available with extensive industry experience more than willing to provide this type of feedback. If you are interested in brief, to the point, honest reviews, let us know and we'll get working on them right away! That said, it's time to cast your votes by sending a message to one of the following addresses. MORE-YES@NETCENT.COM MORE-NO@NETCENT.COM Votes will automatically be tallied and presented in a future edition of NetNotify. ======================== General News and Tidbits ======================== ---------------------------------- BrainShare CD's Still In The Works ---------------------------------- We've received several queries from subscribers asking if we could look into something for them. If you're like them, you were at Novell's Brainshare conference earlier this year, but are still waiting to receive the conference CD from the event. Well don't worry, the mailman didn't eat it. The CD's are still being produced at this time. If we all keep our fingers crossed, we should see something coming through the pony express early this summer. --------------------------- Chatting Away on CompuServe --------------------------- The CompuServe clan have some great online conferences coming up over the next two weeks. If you're on CompuServe already, be sure to check them out! If not, this may just be the reason to sign-up today. All conferences are being held within the CompuServe Convention Center - GO CONVENTION. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 - 8 p.m. EDT, Raleigh Pinskey discusses the use of in-store promotions. THURSDAY, MAY 23 - 9 p.m. EDT, career consultant Dean Porter discusses resume writing and other employment strategies. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 - 8 p.m. EDT, author Jay Conrad Levinson discusses his new book, "Guerrilla Marketing". SUNDAY, JUNE 2 - 8 p.m. EDT, author Daniel J. Barrett, discusses online privacy and scams. -------------------------------------- Doing The Message Shuffle with NetWire -------------------------------------- If you haven't been online with CompuServe NetWire in the past week, you're in for a suprise. The NetWare 3.x (GO NETW3X) and NetWare 4.x (GO NETW4X) forums have undergone a facelift, adding several new message areas. To ensure the quickest response to your technical support questions, be sure to post in the right area! Would we leave you hanging like that? Nah, of course not! For your reference, the new areas are listed below. NETW3X 1 - Printing 2 - Public Utilities 3 - NLM\Console Utils 4 - Lan Cards\Drivers 5 - Lan Protocols 6 - Lan Cabling 7 - Documentation 8 - Install\Upgrade 9 - Abends\Debugging 10 - Data Storage\Disk 11 - CD\Tape 12 - Server Backup 13 - SFTIII 14 - Namespace NETW4X (same as 3.x with the following additional areas:) 15 - NDS(Dir. Services) 16 - NetWare SMP ---------------------------- CIS Support Goes Interactive ---------------------------- Who likes being on hold for 30 minutes to ask for technical support? Or, when you have a problem, posting a message and waiting 24hrs for a response? Well, if you're a CompuServe user, kiss that pain goodbye. Tech support is now available live! On CompuServe, GO CSLIVE and you can get answers to your technical or general queries right away, no more elevator music! CSLIVE is currently available between the hours of 1pm and 10pm EST but availability is expected to increase in the near future! ----------------------------- GroupWise Kisses DOS Farewell ----------------------------- DOS junkies won't be happy to hear that Novell will no longer be making any enhancements to DOS based GroupWise products. The enhanced functionality and ease of use within the graphical environment makes it difficult, and in some cases impossible, to recreate to same functionality in the DOS environment. For GroupWise XTD, there are no plans to create a DOS Client, or a DOS Administration or Message server at all. If you'll still be needing to provide DOS client access, fear not. A GroupWise 4.1 Post Office with the 4.1 DOS Client can still be maintained within GroupWise XTD. --------------------------------- Long Reaching Virus Still Kicking --------------------------------- Although old news for some, SSS-Sensible Security Solutions Inc. Representatives in Canada of Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit, have re-issued a statement regarding the Tentacle Virus. The virus sample they received was found on the alt.cracks newsgroup, attached to a posted file called DOGZCODE.ZIP. It is a direct action file virus, which infects Windows programs. Each time an infected program is run, one file in the current directory becomes infected, followed by two files in the Windows directory. The payload acts between midnight and quarter past midnight. A program that becomes infected within this time has it's standard icon changed to an icon of a tentacle. This change is not immediately obvious. It is not until you attempt to change the icon, delete the icons in the program group and attempt to replace them, or if you run and minimize the program that the tentacle icon will display itself. For more information visit Dr. Solomon's web page at http://www.drsolomon.com/vircen/alerts.html --------------------------------------------------- Internet Filled with Previously Overweight, Lonely, Poor people --------------------------------------------------- There is a serious problem with Internet mail. It's been around for some time, and will continue to get even worse as more and more people jump on the band wagon. The problem: people that use to be overweight, lonely and poor. Are you confused? Well, let me illustrate. "Hi, my name is Sally. When I was 17 yrs old, I used to weigh 450lbs. I always felt that my life was not worth living, but when I found out about Simta, everything turned upside down. Using Simta, I was able to loose 50 lbs each month, and you can too!" "Are you lonely? Are you tired of the bar scene? If so, how would you like to meet the man or woman of your dreams? At NeedAFriend, we can help!" "As a child, I never had the finer things in life. In fact, my parents couldn't afford to cloth me and my 6 brothers and sisters so we had to share clothes. I always looked forward to Monday's when I got to wear the one pair of shoes in the house. My parents were poor, but hard working. One day, I discovered a secret though. This secret is known to only 100 people in the entire world, and you can learn it too. You can make $80,000 in your first month, and it just gets better from there!" Although these are just examples, they represent an ever increasing trend of email advertisements and sob stories going out to get into your pocket book. Do most people know that these messages are a scam, sure they do! The real problem though is the annoyance factor. Where do they get your email addresses and how can you stop them? A few months ago, I started on a quest. Looking for a way to stop, or at least minimize, the number of scam messages I get on a regular basis. As someone that is very active in the electronic world, it is not uncommon for me to get upwards of 20, 30, or even more emails each day saying how I could become rich, loose weight, and find the person of my dreams. Today, I would like to point out some tips, tricks, and suggestions that you can follow to reduce the noise clogging your email addresses! Joining Mailing Lists --------------------- Email mailing lists are a great place for email pirates to collect addresses. Depending on the mailing list package used, by sending a message to the list server the pirate could receive a listing of every email address that is subscribed. For many of the list servers running out there on the net, you do NOT need special privileges to do this! Is this method effective? To answer that question, I ran a little test. By sending a few dozen requests to mailing lists around the world, I was able to get my hands on roughly 100,000 UNIQUE email addresses. For 3 minutes work, that's a pretty good return on my investment! Can YOU stop this, no. BUT, you CAN make a difference. The commands used to prevent users from receiving a listing of all subscribers can be disabled, but the list master must do this. If you currently subscribe to an email distribution listing, ask the list master if regular subscribers can receive a listing of all subscribers. If they can and if you are tired of receiving junk mail, tell the list master you want that function disabled! If they get enough people that want it disabled, they more than likely will. And, if you are wondering, although anyone can subscribe to this newsletter, we have disabled all access to our subscription base. Let the PostMaster Know ----------------------- Whenever you receive messages email scams/spams, let the postmaster of the domain know! In most cases, the postmaster is the person(s) in charge of the domain, or has access to the person that is. If you receive one of these annoying messages, forward the message to the postmaster at the appropriate domain along with your complaint. Most ISP's have a policy that prevents unsolicited advertisements, especially scam/spam messages, and they would be very interested to know what is happening out there. Read Your Headers! ------------------ When you receive an Internet message, pay attention to the headers. The header of the message is the area that contains all the routing information on where the message came from. The person that is spamming/scamming you may be using a very easy "trick" to change the FROM: field of their message. By doing so, you may receive a message that says its from John Doe, but in reality, it's from another user. Reading the headers will usually show where the message really came from; valuable information if you wish to complain. To illustrate, here is the header from a message that I received recently promoting an adult service. When my mail reader received it, the FROM field says JUDY@AOL.COM. But, Judy doesn't exist. Look at the Sender field to see where the message came from. Although I have changed the sender and header field to remove the real addresses used, you can see that the sending email address is ADULT@AOL.COM, not JUDY@AOL.COM. There are plenty of ways for the spammer to cover their tracks, but most just don't know how. Sender: adult@aol.com Received: from smtp1.interramp.com (smtp1.interramp.com [38.8.45.2]) by arl-img-3.compuserve.com (8.6.10/5.950515) id CAA04890; Sat, 18 May 1996 02:43:48 -0400 Received: from ip84.moorestown.nj.interramp.com by smtp1.interramp.com (8.6.12/SMI-4.1.3-PSI-irsmtp) id CAA20872; Sat, 18 May 1996 02:43:30 -0400 Message-Id: <199605180643.CAA20872@smtp1.interramp.com> From: Judy@aol.com To: Misc.@aol.com Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 01:40:08 PDT Subject: Check This Out!!! Watch Those Database's and Bulletin Boards! ------------------------------------------ There are various databases and bulletin boards out there that you may be using which make life VERY easy for the scam/spam Kings and Queens. One such area was the classifieds section on CompuServe. This area (GO CLASSIFIEDS) allows users to post advertisements regarding their products and services. It is broken down into sub groups where each message is stored. In the subgroups, summaries are presented that show each message in the group which you can select if you want more information. For example, in the summaries listing, you would see: 1.2gb Hard Drive for Sale TZ 123456,1111 Great Software For Free! AZ 111111,2222 From this listing, if you clicked on the first ad, the full text would be presented. The problem lies in the summary listing. This listing could be printed off by the user and easily filtered for each email address. At least one piece of software out there, specifically designed to collect email addresses, would download these summaries automatically and then filter them for your email addresses. Notice I said WOULD, past tense. I am delighted to say that, along with the good folks at CompuServe, I have "broken" that package, and hopefully several others. Several weeks ago I sent a message to members of the CompuServe management team pointing out how easy it is for email pirates to download large listings of addresses from the Classifieds summary listings. Since that time, CompuServe has now blocked the users email address from appearing in the summaries. The email address still appears within the ad itself, but not within the summaries. This makes life much more difficult for these spammers, and as noted, destroys the functionality of at least one package out there. If you spent the $500 for the software that would allow you to spam, send your complaints to bibi@vermen- suker.spam.com and a representative will be happy to help! The moral to this particular story is to watch where and how your email address is made available. Be on the lookout for improvements that providers could make to their systems, to make life that much tougher for the spammers. Know The Rules -------------- Many of the service providers out there have strict rules governing unsolicited advertisements. Be sure to know the rules for your particular provider. For example, CompuServe's rules strictly prohibit members from sending unsolicited email advertisements. Should you receive a scam/spam message from a CompuServe ID, forwarding the message along with your complaint to CompuServe management or support (GO FEEDBACK) can and usually will prevent that person from doing it again. In some cases, if the breach of the rules is severe enough, that persons account may even be terminated! Last But Not Least ------------------ Try to be reasonable. Internet email is a great resource when used responsibly. Its unfortunate, but there are a lot of people out there right now using the net for their shading dealings and scams. These people cast a shadow down upon anyone trying to use the net for legitimate reasons. =================================== Education, Seminars and Conferences =================================== --------------------------------------- Microsoft SOLVPROV Needs Schedule Plus! --------------------------------------- If you monitor the MEC forum on CompuServe, or if you rely on the grapevine, you'll know that there's a lot of confusion about expiration dates for MCP and MCSE exams. Calling the Microsoft Solution Provider ( 800- SOLPROV ) line won't necessarily help either, as we have since discovered. To keep you informed about retirement dates, on 3 separate occasions we let our fingers do the walking and rang the good folks at SOLPROV. In each case, we dealt with a different agent, who coincidentally each gave different information. Agent 1 told us that no exams have been scheduled for retirement this year (hmmmmm) and there are no deadline dates for replacing any exams. Agent 2 said the same thing, but when asked about the Lan Manager exams, he "just remembered" that the last date to replace them is July 1st. He also went on to say that you have until February to replace your NT 3.1 exams. Agent 3 says Agent 2 is wrong, the last date to replace them is June 30th (a Sunday btw) and you only have until December to replace your NT 3.1 exams. After more poking and prodding with another source within Microsoft (who didn't want to be used as an official reference, so we'll call him deepthroat) here's what we found out. - You have until June 30th to replace your Lan Manager exams. - You have until February 1997 to replace your NT 3.1 exams. To deepthroat, a hearty thanks! Getting anything official and concrete on these matters has been a chore and a half! For all you folks at Microsoft reading this (and I know you're out there!), if there's anyone internally that can provide accurate info on a regular basis, please drop us a line! ------------------------------------ More Time For New and Current CNE's! ------------------------------------ If you are a pending CNE who has passed the DOS test and are planning on completing your certification in the original CNE program, this message is for you. The new deadline for individuals to complete certification in the original CNE program, including completion of the CNE Continuing Certification Requirement (CCR), is August 31, 1996. This deadline was formerly June 30, 1996. Please be aware that if you have taken a test that has an expiration date prior to August 31, 1996, that test will only count through its specified expiration date. If certification has not been completed by the expiration date, you will need to replace that test. If you have any questions regarding this, please call Novell Education at 800-233-EDUC or 801-222-7800. ------------------------------------------- Calling The Certified - Novell Wants Input! ------------------------------------------- Novell has a call out to the certified looking for input regarding the Welcome Aboard Kits and the CNA program. In September 1995, the new CNE and Master CNE designations were introduced. Now, Novell is interested in hearing what you have to say about changes that you would like to see for the CNA requirements and skill sets. The goal of these changes will be to bring the CNA certification more in line with the CNE program as a whole. The second issue is in regards to your Welcome Aboard Kits. The high postal charges associated with mailing these kits is ever increasing. The current means of distribution also limits the benefits that each of you will realize from being a CNE or Master CNE. Novell's current thought appears to be moving towards the Internet, providing up to the minute support, benefits and forums directly on the Web. By choosing this route, Novell can provide many, many more benefits and services than could ever be provided in the WAKs through the current distribution method. Thoughts? Suggestions? Send them to Sanjay Upadhyaya's email address 75600.2504@compuserve.com. ----------------------------------------- First Look And Demonstrations of Exchange ----------------------------------------- Microsoft and Software Spectrum are running a new seminar to provide you with a first hand look and demonstrations of Exchange. Exchange, Microsoft's new mail server, incorporates groupware to make your life and communications much easier. In addition to seeing Microsoft's hot new product first hand, you'll get some great advice on both the business and technical issues regarding Exchange's implementation. There are only two dates and locations presently available, so be sure too book early! June 11 - Mississauga, Ontario Microsoft Canada 320 Matheson Blvd. West (905)568-0434 June 13 - Chicago, IL Chicago Marriott Downtown 540 N. Michigan Avenue (312)836-0100 To register, call 1-800-624-0522. Presentations run from 9:00am to Noon, but try to be there 30 mins early for the free coffee and juice! ============ New Products ============ -------------------------------------------------- Publishing on the Intranet with InnerWeb Publisher -------------------------------------------------- Looking for cool tools to publish on your company's Intranet? If so, pop by Novell's page at http://www.novell.com/icd/nip/index.html. This page will be updated each week with great info and insight on Novell's hot new product until it is officially released sometime in June. ----------------------------------------- NetWare Print Queues Now Easier To Manage ----------------------------------------- If you're tired of managing your NetWare print queues the old fashioned way, you'll be happy to hear of Secure Design's Qview Pro V3.1. Qview Pro allows you to view and monitor multiple queues at one time. Added features allow you to seek out and remove troublesome jobs, remove duplicates and most importantly, maintain logs of print job activity! Qview Pro greatly simplifies that tedious print queue management chore that network admins must deal with on a regular basis. For a 30 day trial, visit Secure Design's web site, BBS, or contact them directly by phone/fax! Secure Design, web:http://www.peak.org/~sdesign BBS: (541)752-5990 Phone:(541) 752-5988 Fax:(541)752-5990 tech_support: support@sdesign.com ============================= Promotions and Price Slashing ============================= -------------------------------------- 50 GroupWise Licenses - Yours for FREE -------------------------------------- Are you currently using Microsoft Mail as your email system of choice? If so, would you like to upgrade to GroupWise for FREE? For the first 60 days that Exchange is shipping, you can get 50 GroupWise licenses, the Message Server NLM and the GroupWise Migration Utility for MS Mail free from Novell. To receive your free software, visit http://www.novell.com/groupwise/promos/applic.html to download your application form. Filling out this little gem and submitting proof of purchase for your Microsoft Mail software will get you up and running with Novell's award winning GroupWise, for free! Boy, how I love the word FREE. ------------------- Get Bitten and Win! ------------------- Have you felt the power of the NetWare Web Server yet? If the spider's bitten, you might be a winner! Ending July 26, 1996, Novell is running a contest offering cool prizes. For some lucky winners, links to your site from theirs - a great opportunity to increase traffic to your site! All this just for placing one of the "Powered by NetWare Web Server" banners on your page! For further details, visit http://206.26.68.121/spinweb/. ---------------------------------------- Free DS Expert for NetWare 4.1 Promotion ---------------------------------------- Looking for a tool to provide real-time, proactive management for your Novell DS? How much will you pay; $100, $500, or maybe $1,000? How about F-R-E-E? If you like the word FREE as much as I do, you're in for a treat! From May 13, 1996 through July 31, 1996, NetPro will offer at no cost, a two server starter pack of "DS Expert for NetWare 4.1", previously valued at $1,299! This is a fully functional copy kids. None of the standard crippling done with this baby! The software includes a perpetual license along with 90 days of free technical support. Download a free copy of DS Expert from the NetPro website at http://www.netpro.com or call 800-998-5090. Further details on this offer can be found at http://www.netpro.com/freeoffer. Although not included, full documentation is available for the SRP of $69.95. [ed. Mind you, what self respecting Network Professional reads documentation?] FREE Software. FREE Technical support. Killer Utility! Get the picture? ------------------------- Free NIC's from Digital!! ------------------------- If you're upgrading your Ethernet network, or installing a new one, Digital's got three great offers for you. For a limited time, when you purchase one EtherWORKS 8TX Hub, they'll throw in two Fast EtherWORKS PCI 10/100 Adapters - a $568 value! The second offer is one that you shouldn't miss! Pick up one Fast EtherWORKS PCI 10/100 NIC 25 Pack and they'll throw in an additional 5 pack for FREE. That's a savings of $1,268! Don't need a 25 pack? No problem. If you purchase a 5 pack they'll throw in the sixth adapter for free - a $284 value! The next time your company says they can't afford to give you a raise, cough, then pass them a copy of the last invoice from Digital or their authorized reseller! For further information contact Digital at 800-457-8211 or your authorized Digital Network Product reseller! ================= Patches and Fixes ================= Our Patches and Fixes area of NetNotify provides updated information about new patches/fixes that have been released within the current publishing period. It is important to note that this is not a complete listing of all patches/fixes available since the related product was fist released. We are currently working on compiling master listings containing details of all patches/fixes for various products. These listings will be made available to subscribers only through our document retrieval system. Once available, you will be notified with directions on how to retrieve this information. --------------- NetWare Clients --------------- To download, GO NWOSFILES on CompuServe or visit Novell's FTP site at ftp.novell.com. NTC6.EXE - Latest field test patches for v3.5b NetWare Client for NT Redirector. Allows the client to run with NTv4.x. Replacement of NTC5.EXE. ---------------- Novell GroupWise ---------------- To download, GO NGWFILES on CompuServe or visit Novell's FTP site at ftp.novell.com. NGWLIB.EXE - Version 4.1c of the GroupWise NGWLIB.NLM file. Resolves abend problems with automatic database rebuilds and offers improved memory handling. Recommended! OFCK41.EXE - OFCHECK v4.1c2 includes enhanced checking routines for locating and removing orphaned message attachments. Recommended! ------------------------------ Novell LAN Workplace/WorkGroup ------------------------------ To download, GO NWGENFILES on CompuServe or visit Novell's FTP site at ftp.novell.com. LWP413.EXE - Provides TN3270 functionality for windows. Only for LAN Workplace for DOS 4.1 and LAN WorkGroup 4.1. --------------------- NetWare Mac/AppleTalk --------------------- To download, GO NWGENFILES on CompuServe or visit Novell's FTP site at ftp.novell.com. ATSUP.EXE - Updated ATCON.NLM, APPLETLK.NLM and SNMP support for NetWare AppleTalk Support Package V3.011. Contains various enhancements and fixes. ------------------ Arcada Backup Exec ------------------ To download, GO SSSMG on CompuServe. For Win95: DRVWCDB.EXE - Resolves "Unknown Data Format" errors when using SCSI drives during Restore or Tape Identify. For NetWare: BENSSFIX.EXE - Resolves license violation errors with Single Server unlimited v7.01b. ---------------- Palindrome SM/BD ---------------- To download, GO SSSMG on CompuServe. UBXN40B4.ZIP - Updates PSM/PBD V4.0Bx to V4.0B4. -------- ARCserve -------- To download, GO CHEYENNE on CompuServe. NT0146.ZIP - ARCserve NT v2.01 Database Patch for build 238. Resolves problem of ARCserve manager running slowly on SMP machines. RAAW6046.ZIP - Compaq Softpaq patch to resolve licensing issues with ARCserve 6.0 from the Smartstart 2.50a update. --------- InnocuLAN --------- To download, GO CHEYENNE on CompuServe. IL0068.ZIP - InnocuLAN NT V1.01 I386 build 41. Contains performance enhancements, fixes and real-time scanning. Disk 1 of 3. Also download IL0069.ZIP and IL0070.ZIP. ------ Compaq ------ To download files, visit Compaq's web site at http://www.compaq.com/support/files.html, their ftp site ftp.compaq.com or on CompuServe, GO COMPAQ. SP1855.EXE - Compaq System Configuration Utility, EISA Config V2.30g Use with: ProSignia, ProSignia VS, ProSignia 300/500, Systempro, Systempro/E, Systempro/LT, Systempro/XL, ProLiant 1000/1500, Deskpro/M Deskpro/XL, Portable 486, Deskpro/L, ProLiant 2000/4000, Rack- Mountable ProLiant 4500 SP1837.EXE - Enables reqisters for certain parallel port devices that require EPP or ECP support. For use with LTE 5000 family. SP1832.EXE - Compaq Inventory Collector for SMS for NT V3.51 Desktop but will also work with WIN95. SP1638.EXE - V1.03, LAN Adapter Support Software for VINES 6.0. ** There will be other products/services added to the Patches/Fixes section of NetNotify. If you have a specific request on what you would like added, be sure to drop us a line at the suggestion ID! ===================================== The Winners Circle - Current Contests ===================================== In our first edition of NetNotify, three contests were started for some really cool software and a free exam coupon from Novell. If you haven't entered already, there's still time! The contest entry ID's for the first three contests will be closed off on May 31st, so get your entries in soon! As a refresher, the first three contests are for: - A Free Novell Exam Coupon - Free Microsoft Assessment Tests/Study Aids - Free Copy of DreamLAN's NDSLogin utility If you've lost your copy of the first edition, you can get it from our FTP site! For this edition of NetNotify, we have two more great contest offerings for ya! A free months edition of Novell's Support Encyclopedia Professional volume (NSEPRO), and COLD CA$H! 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