Installing V4.0 during Net Logon does not always work.
James Whitted / Symantec
>Configuration Information:
> Version: 4.0
>
>Hi,
>
>I am managing a site with 1400 PCs using NAV 2.0 for Windows 95.
>
>After talking with Symantec people, we decided to uninstall V2.0
>before installing V4.05.(automatic upgrade with NAVUP32 corrupted
>many machines configs).
>
>We had to write our own VB program to make sure that all applications
>are closed before before using the SETUP /U command send via an SMS
>package. (setup /U ends immediately if one or more application runs
>on the PC and we cannot afford to send SMS packages again and again)
>
>Now that V2.0 has been removed, we have set up the server to install
>the V4.0 from a share by using the UNC command during the logon such
>as:
>\\SERVERNAME\SHARENAME\NAV40\NAVADMIN\...\NAVUP32
>\\SERVERNAME\SHARENAME\.... XXX.NNS
> (the NNS file is site dependent)
>
>On some PCs, everything works fine, on some others, part of the files
>are created in the Norton Antivirus directory, on other ones, nothing
>happened. I used the option creating the MIF file where I see "unable
>to decompress LIB file."
>
>Even when all files are present, the Icons are very often missing in
>the start menu. (we are using Windows 95 user profiles).
>
>Are we doing the right thing ? What could be the problem ?
>
>I would like to know the NAVUP32 behaviour: it seems that this
>programs spawns immediately another program and it is thus considered
>to be finished during batch file execution while the spawned program
>still executes. What will happen when the logon batch file terminates
>execution and the link to the server is closed ? (we use the -SMS
>switch in the NNS file but does it really works and under which
>circumstances?)
>
>André.
Hi Andre,
Thanks for writing into us at Online Support.
You should be posting your message to the following site, I have
cross-posted there also.
You have noticed one thing that the program does. It will spawn other
programs and will close the box that it is called from. Thus closing the
connection if you had a batch file in there that made a mapped drive.
If you are using Back Office to send out the program, that is totally
separate and you should not be using the navup32.exe.
Honestly since it is having problems on some systems and works on other,
you should take a look at what the difference is between the machines.
Mainly the config.sys files. We will need to have files=80 and buffers=40.
that may fix the uncompress problem.
Take a look at that and see if that helps. You may also want to take a
look at the following Knowledgebase document:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.nsf/docid/199710279502
James Whitted
Sr. Support Analyst
Symantec Corporation
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