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Title:	Kit: Note 4229; Please use NOTED::PWDOSWIN5 for V4.x server
Notice:	Kit: Note 4229; Please use NOTED::PWDOSWIN5 for V4.x server
Moderator:	CPEEDY::KENNEDY

Created:	Fri Dec 18 1992
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4319
Total number of notes:	18478

4199.0. "drive letters swapped - V5.0C ECO3" by LNZALI::BACHNER (Mouse not found. Click OK to continue) Mon Mar 10 1997 11:12

A customer frequently observes the following (mis)behaviour:

from his PC (running Windows 95 or NT 4.0, I'm not sure), he connects to two
network shares on a PATHWORKS server, and assigns them drive letters - say L:
and M:.

After some time, either
- the contents of L: and M: are swapped, i.e. when looking at the L: drive 
  from the explorer he sees what originally was in M: and the other way round;
or
- both drive letters show the same contents.

I could not find anything about this problem in STARS - is it a known issue
already ?

Thanks for your help,
Hans.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4199.1	Have them get current - V50E.	PATRLR::MCCUSKER		`Mon Mar 10 1997 11:38`	2
	This was fixed somewhere back a few releases, not sure where/when. Have them goto V50E.
4199.2	V5.0D-ECO3 not latest but greatest ???	STKAI1::BLUNDBERG	Collission speed full!!!	`Tue Mar 11 1997 08:11`	5
	If I were you I'd choose V5.0D-ECO3 since I've had som bad experience with V5.0E regarding NT workstations, thats MY opinion. Bjorn CSC Sweden
4199.3		PATRLR::MCCUSKER		`Tue Mar 11 1997 10:32`	2
	Of course, V50D-ECO3 doesn't support NT4.0. Thats not to say it doesn't work, as Bjorn has pointed out it does for him ;^).
4199.4		VMSNET::S_VORE	Smile - Mickey's Watching!	`Tue Mar 11 1997 13:44`	8
	Hmmm? Where in the SPD does it mention a specific version of NT client? The only thing I see (this is from the 5.0C SPD, I don't have a 5.0D version handy) is this.. Services provided by PATHWORKS for OpenVMS are accessible to PATHWORKS LAN Manager-based clients as well as to Microsoft LAN Manager clients.
4199.5	Its in there...	PATRLR::MCCUSKER		`Tue Mar 11 1997 18:14`	18
	>Hmmm? Where in the SPD does it mention a specific version of NT client? Well, I had to look a bit to find a V50C SPD (30.50.16), but its there on page 13, Client Software: The following versions of client software are supported for use in conjuction with PATHWORKS for OpenVMS: ... Microsoft Windows NT workstation software V3.1 or V3.5 ... V50E has a similar section which includes NT 4.0. I didn't search out a 50D SPD, but I'm quite confident it does not include NT4.0 Brad
4199.6		VMSNET::S_VORE	Smile - Mickey's Watching!	`Wed Mar 12 1997 08:31`	39
	duuuh, how'd I miss that? it's on pages 18/19 in the on-line copy in TIMA/STARS/DSNlink, but still... how'd my search yesterday for "NT" and other combinations miss it? I dunno. hey - does this mean that we can stop answering questions from folks who are trying to connect from NT Server as well? How 'bout Windows 95? How 'bout PATHWORKS for DOS and Windows version 6? :-) The following versions of client software are supported for use in con- junction with PATHWORKS for OpenVMS: o PATHWORKS for DOS V4.1, V4.1A (SPD 55.07.xx) o PATHWORKS V5.x for DOS and Windows (LAN Manager) (SPD 55.07.xx) o PATHWORKS for OS/2[R] V5.0 (SPD 55.24.xx) o LAN Manager V2.2 workstation software for DOS, Windows, and OS/2 19 o Microsoft Windows NT workstation software V3.1 or V3.5 o Microsoft Windows for Workgroups V3.11 The TCP/IP transport is included with the PATHWORKS V5 for DOS and Win- dows client. PATHWORKS for DOS V4.x clients operating in a TCP/IP en- vironment require the PATHWORKS for DOS (TCP/IP) V2.0 software. PATHWORKS for DOS and Windows clients that access the services of a PATHWORKS for OpenVMS server via remote methods require PATHWORKS Re- mote V5.0 or later.