Installing Microsoft dbWeb

May 1996

System requirements
Downloading Microsoft dbWeb
Setup instructions
Accessing the dbWeb user-to-user discussion forum



System requirements

To run Microsoft® dbWeb, you need a personal computer with an Intel® Pentium® or higher microprocessor and 10 MB of hard disk space. You also need the following components installed on your machine:



Downloading Microsoft dbWeb

Review the terms below before downloading a copy of Microsoft dbWeb version 1.1.

Please note: Microsoft dbWeb is offered as a free software product and is not supported. Microsoft dbWeb will also be available later this spring as a component of the Windows NT Resource Kit.

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I accept the terms above and would like to download Microsoft dbWeb version 1.1 via a single file:

DownloadMicrosoft dbWeb version 1.1 (single file, 7.7 MB).

If you encounter problems accessing the files above due to the high volume of traffic on the site, please try downloading DBWEB11.EXE from the FTP site ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/msdn/dbweb.



Setup instructions

Before installing Microsoft dbWeb, make sure that you have Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) installed. Typically, IIS appears in the \INETSRV directory. While installing dbWeb, you can choose to add ODBC as well if you do not currently have it.

The files provided for downloading above are self-extracting zip files.

If you've downloaded dbWeb via the single file:

  1. After downloading, run DBWEB11.EXE to unzip the files.
  2. Review the README.TXT file for additional setup information.
  3. Run SETUP.EXE, and follow the instructions on your screen.
If you have questions about Microsoft dbWeb installation or usage, make sure to review the dbWeb FAQ for answers to the most common installation issues and other useful information.



Accessing the dbWeb user-to-user discussion forum

Microsoft dbWeb is provided as a free, downloadable product, and is unsupported. However, to provide feedback on the product or to talk to other users, you can use the dbWeb discussion forum newsgroup. To access this newsgroup using Internet Explorer 2.0, choose Options from the Internet Explorer View menu, choose the News tab, and check "Use Internet Explorer to read Internet newsgroups." Enter the news server address as msnews.microsoft.com. Leave the server authorization option unselected. Click OK, and point Internet Explorer to the following URL: news:microsoft.public.inetserver.dbweb.

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