Windows FAQ: How to get it
Tom Haapanen
Last-modified: 1995-11-28
Last-FAQ-Update: Mar 24 1994
This is a regularly scheduled weekly posting, which explains how you can
obtain a copy of the Microsoft Windows FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
list. The Windows FAQ is an extensive compilation of Windows facts, tips,
techniques, troubleshooting techniques and other useful information. The
FAQ is about 8300 lines long (in ASCII format) or 210K (as a ZIP archive
of a Windows Help file), as well as other Windows FAQs.
The Windows FAQ and Windows Programmer FAQ (which unfortunately have not
been updated since 1994) are available from:
ftp://ftp.metrics.com/faq/
The FAQ is now being maintained by Robert Casto (ca...@cis.ohio-state.edu);
please send all updates and new material to him. An update of the FAQ is
due to be released in the short term.
The FAQs will have filenames in the format of FAQWINxx.ZIP (Windows),
FAQPRGxx.zip (Windows Programmer), and FAQWNTxx.zip where xx is the version
number. Please do not abuse our site; limit your FTP activity to time
outside business hours (8 PM EST through 9 AM EST, or 0100 GMT through 1400
GMT).
There are four separate Windows 95 FAQs; here are their locations:
http://www.pcix.com/win95/win95faq.html
http://www.primenet.com/~markd/win95faq.html
http://www.whidbey.net/~mdixon/win40001.htm
http://www.windows.microsoft.com/windows/qa/qa.htm
There is one general Windows NT FAQ; you can find it at:
http://www.inlink.com/~sangria/winntfaq.html
There are also three specialized Windows NT FAQs:
Windows NT Admin FAQ: http://www.iftech.com/classes/admin/admin.htm
Windows NT Fax FAQ: http://www.mcs.com/~sculptor/NTFAX-FAQ.HTML
Windows NT Internet FAQ: http://www.mcs.com/~thomas/www/ntfaq/
There are also several Winsock (Windows sockets interface) FAQs:
Winsock FAQ: http://mars.superlink.net/user/mook/winfaq.html
Alt.winsock FAQ: http://www.well.com/user/nac/alt-winsock-faq.html
If the news postings have expired on your site, and you have no FTP access,
you can obtain it using the decwrl ftp mail server. For instructions, send
a mail message to ftp...@decwrl.dec.com with a body containing simply:
help
You will receive a full set of instructions by return mail.
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[ /tom haapanen -- to...@metrics.com -- software metrics inc -- waterloo, ont ]
[ "only a toy." -- alexander graham bell's father-in-law, 1876 ]