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- Symantec Internet FastFind - Version 1.0a
- Release Notes
- Copyright (c) 1996 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved.
-
- Please read this document carefully; it contains important information
- about Internet FastFind.
-
- What's changed
- --------------
- 1) You can now access shell features such as the Taskbar, Start Menu and the
- Desktop during file transfers using EasyFTP and while compressing or
- decompressing files using EasyZIP.
-
- 2) Added HotBot search engine to WebFind.
-
- 3) EasyZIP now supports LZH Type 2 headers.
-
- 4) PatchConnect now auto-detects updates to its database files.
-
- 5) WebFind no longer crashes when no links remain once invalid links have been
- discarded.
-
- 6) Self-extracting EasyZIP files now restores the date/time stamps on extracted
- files.
-
- Connecting to the Internet
- --------------------------
- Before you can use Symantec Internet FastFind, you must have:
-
- 1) A connection to the Internet.
- You can connect through Ethernet to an Internet
- server on a network to which you are attached, or you can
- use a dialup PPP or SLIP account from an Internet provider
- and connect by modem to the Internet provider's server. For
- more information about connecting to the Internet check the
- Symantec Internet FastFind help.
-
- 2) A 32-bit version of Microsoft WINSOCK.
- WINSOCK is a TCP/IP stack that Windows uses to communicate
- with the Internet.
-
- If you are using the version of WINSOCK supplied by Windows 95 or Windows NT
- 4.0, you are using a 32-bit WINSOCK.DLL. Ask your Internet service provider
- if you are unsure.
-
- Symantec Internet FastFind does not work with 16-bit WINSOCK DLLs.
- Trumpet Winsock is a combined 16 bit/Windows 95 release, not a full
- 32-bit version, and therefore is not supported by this release.
-
- Using Auto-dial with Internet FastFind
- --------------------------------------
- Auto-dial support for Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 is available if you have
- installed Microsoft Plus!, Microsoft Internet Jumpstart Kit, or Microsoft
- Internet Explorer. Internet FastFind will use Auto-dial if it is installed
- and configured on your system. Check the Windows Help under "Automating
- Internet Connections".
-
- Using a proxy server with Internet FastFind
- -------------------------------------------
- Although some Internet FastFind components work with a proxy server,
- Internet access through a proxy server is not officially supported in this
- release.
-
- Using Internet FastFind with America Online, Compuserve, WOW! or NETCOM
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- If you can use the Windows 95 or Windows NT standalone versions of
- Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, then you will be able to use
- Internet FastFind.
-
- America Online - Internet FastFind (and all 32-bit WINSOCK software) requires
- the 32-bit version of America Online for Windows 95.
-
- CompuServe and NETCOM - You must access these services using Microsoft
- Dial-Up networking. If you need help setting this up, contact Compuserve or
- NETCON for help. There is also information available in Internet FastFind
- help.
-
- WOW! - WOW! uses a proprietary interface that does not support the use of
- 32-bit WINSOCK applications, such as Internet FastFind.
-
- LiveUpdate
- ----------
- To ensure you have the latest release of Internet FastFind, run
- LiveUpdate after you install.
-
- Uninstall
- ---------
- To uninstall Internet FastFind, open the Windows 95 or Windows NT Control
- Panel and choose Add/Remove Programs and select Internet FastFind. This is
- the new preferred interface for uninstalling.
-
- WebFind
- -------
- To get the most from your Web searches, click the Tips button in WebFind. If
- you are running OSR2 or RPAWINET, see the RPAWINET section for more
- information.
-
- NetFileFind
- -----------
- Files sizes may be reported incorrectly. These dates and sizes are reported
- exactly as they appear on the queried server.
-
- EasyFTP
- -------
- Passive Mode and ASCII transfer mode can be set in an FTP site's properties.
-
- Notify
- ------
- If you are running OSR2 or RPAWINET, see the RPAWINET section for more
- information.
-
- Notify cannot monitor web pages that are dynamically created each time you
- access them, or pages that require a password to access them.
-
- Some of the Web pages you try to monitor may contain separate windows known as
- frames. Microsoft, for example, uses frames in its Smallbiz page.
-
- In a frame-based page, the content of each frame is stored in a separate HTML
- document that has its own URL (Web address). Because each frame has its own
- address, you must set up a separate Notify item for each frame you wish to
- monitor.
-
- To create a Notify item for a frame:
-
- 1) In your Web browser, right-click inside the frame you want to monitor.
- (Make sure you don't click on a link or other active area.)
-
- 2) From the popup menu, choose Internet Shortcut (Netscape Navigator) or
- Create Shortcut (Internet Explorer).
-
- The browser creates a file containing the frame's URL and places it on your
- desktop.
-
- 3) Drag the file's icon into Notify's main window. A Notify item is created
- for the frame.
-
- 4) Select the new Notify item and click the right mouse button to configure its
- properties.
-
- WebLaunch
- ---------
- You can configure which browser WebLaunch will use by right-clicking on the
- icon available on your Windows 95 taskbar. On the menu that appears you can
- choose which browser's list of favorites or bookmarks are available and
- whether or not to use the default browser to launch these items.
-
- RPAWINET
- --------
- RPAWINET is CompuServe's Remote Passphrase Authentication (RPA) service for
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 and above. This service is provided with
- Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 or may be downloaded from CompuServe. RPA
- does not fully support multithreading that Internet FastFind employs.
-
- For best performance of Internet FastFind, it is recommended that the use of
- RPA be disabled.
-
- RPA for Internet Explorer is used to allow you to access CompuServe subscriber
- services from the Internet using Internet Explorer. If you use Netscape as
- your browser, or use CompuServe by dialing into its access number, or you do
- not subscribe to CompuServe, RPA can safely be disabled.
-
- For more information about Remote Passphrase Authentication, browse to
- http://www.compuserve.com/rpa/rpa0.htm.
-