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9.3 Configuring the Microsoft Network Client

You can use the Fast Connect for AIX netlogon support on Windows 95/98

client without any additional configuration. Microsoft Network Client offers

less functionality than the IBM Network Client and does not allow connection

of the Windows NT/2000 clients to the Fast Connect for AIX server. If you only

have Windows 95/98 on the network and do not require any of the special

features provided by IBM Network Client, you can use Microsoft Network

Client.

You can enable Microsoft Network Client support with Start -> Settings ->

Control Panel -> Network (see Figure 93).

Figure 93. Network configuration window in Windows 95

If you do not see the Client for Microsoft Networks component in the list, you

must install it. Press the Add button. Select the Client entry in the list and

press the Add button. Select the Microsoft entry from the list of

manufacturers and select Client for Microsoft Network from the list of

network clients. Press the OK button to install the client.

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Double-click on the Client for Microsoft Networks to change its properties.

The screen shown in Figure 94 appears.

Figure 94. Client for Microsoft networks properties

Check the Log on Windows NT/2000 domain checkbox and enter the name of

the domain as defined in the Fast Connect for AIX server. Then, press the OK

button to confirm the change.

After the configuration of the Microsoft Network Client, you should configure

the profile script to meet your requirements. The startup script is located in

the NETLOGON share. Its name is defined in the Fast Connect for AIX

server. It can be a global, per-user, or per-computer startup script (see the

startup_script parameter in Section 9.1, “Configuration of the Fast Connect

for AIX server” on page 141).

You can specify both scripts, and they will both be executed at user logon.

The user profile is saved on the Fast Connect for AIX server in the HOME

share.

If you want to use the System Policy with Microsoft Network Client and the

Fast Connect for AIX server, you must make some modifications to the

registry on the Windows 95/98 client machine. Locate the following entry:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Current Control Set\Control

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You must correct two values in this location:

• Update - Change the value to 2. This value defines that the System Policy

must be loaded from the NetworkPath location.

• NetworkPath - Enter the network path of the System Policy file on the

Fast Connect for AIX server (for example

\\43p150Srv\netlogon\config.pol).

Then, select Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Passwords and then

select User Profiles tab. Check the

User can customize

box. Changes will be

effective after the restart of the client.

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