INFO: Windows FAQ: How to get it

[Tom Haapanen]

Archive-name: ms-windows/windows.how-to-find-faqs
Last-modified: 1998-12-28

This is a regularly scheduled weekly posting, which explains how you can
obtain a copy of the various Microsoft Windows FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions) lists.

The Windows [3.1] FAQ and Windows [3.1] Programmer FAQ (which unfortunately
have not been updated since 1994) are available from:
http://www.metrics.com/WinFAQ/

There is a Windows 95 FAQ located at
http://www.primenet.com/~markd/win95faq/faq95intro.html
and along the same lines, the Windows 95 Annoyances FAQ:
http://www.creativelement.com/win95ann/

The Windows NT FAQ, by John Savill, can be found at:
http://www.ntfaq.com/ Primary site
http://www.metrics.com/NTFAQ/ Canadian mirror site

There is one Windows NT 3.51 FAQ; you can find it at:
http://www.iea.com/~daler/nt/faq/toc.html

There are also two other, specialized, Windows NT FAQs:
Windows NT Fax FAQ: http://www.mcs.com/~sculptor/NTFAX-FAQ.HTML
Windows NT Security FAQ: http://www.it.kth.se/~rom/ntsec.html

The Windows NT tips and registry hacks FAQ is at:
http://www.jsiinc.com/reghack.htm

J. Helmig maintains several FAQs dealing with Windows NT and Windows 95/98
networking:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/J_Helmig/

There is also a Winsock (Windows sockets interface) FAQ:
http://www.well.com/user/nac/alt-winsock-faq.html

The WinHelp FAQ is maintained by Arthur Miller:
ftp://gmutant.wrlc.org/pub/winhelp/whfaq.hlp

Finally, it is frequently worthwhile to check Microsoft's knowledge base
for the questions as well. You can access this through the Internet at
http://support.microsoft.com/support/

If you have no FTP access, you can obtain the FAQs using the
decwrl ftp mail server. For instructions, send a mail message to
ftp...@ftpmail.bryant.vix.com with a body containing simply:
help
You will receive a full set of instructions by return mail.

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