Installing NFS-Client under MS Windows NT4/2000/XP

Installing NFS-Client

You can install NFS-Client for MS Window NT4/2000/XP by choosing it in the Custom Setup Type (see section Running Setup in chapter Installing WinaXe).

The Win2K NFS-Client's package for MS Windows NT4/2000/XP consists of the following files:

1. XWPFSW2K.SYS - a network file system driver (WIN2K/XP redirector)
   
   

or

2. XWPFSNT4.SYS - a network file system driver (WINNT4 redirector)
   
   
3. XWNTSERV.EXE - an executable (service) file
   
   
4. XWNTFS32.DLL - a network provider DLL
   
   
5. XWPSHELL.DLL - a property sheet DLL
   
   
6. NFSCLPAR EXE - a settings viewer/editor
   
   
7. NFSSETUP.EXE - an installing utility
   
   
8. NFSUNINS.EXE - an un-installing utility
   
   
9. NFSTRACE.EXE - a tracing utility

If installation is successful, then the following files should be seen in the MS Windows' system directory (after system restart):

• \SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\XWPFSW2K.SYS
  
  

or

• \SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\XWPFSNT4.SYS
  
  
• \SYSTEM32\XWNTSERV.EXE
  
  
• \SYSTEM32\XWNTFS32.DLL
  
  
• \SYSTEM32\XWPSHELL.DLL

The NFSCLPAR.EXE and NFSUNINS.EXE files will be placed into the home directory of the WinaXe package. These utilities are also accessible from the MS Windows' Start menu:

• Start menu->Programs-> NFS Client-> Settings
  
  
• Start menu->Programs-> NFS Client-> Uninstall

You can check out the registration of NFS-Client with the regedt32 system utility. Look for the following keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->Software->LabF->XWPNFS32
  
  
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->System->CurrentControlSet->Control->NetworkProvider->Order
  
  
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->System->CurrentControlSet->Services->XWNTSERV
  
  
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->System->CurrentControlSet->Services->XwpNTrdr

To load the NFS driver and make it active after the NFS-Client installation, you must restart your system.

Removing NFS-Client

To remove NFS-Client from your system, you should run Start->Programs-> NFS Client->Uninstall. Then you must restart your system.

You can check out the result of removing with the regedt32 system utility as described above.