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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Corrected".

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Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question



Version Location Description Submitted By Corrected
Printed Page iv
I changed the line that says "Copyright (c) 1997 O'Reilly &

Associates. All rights reserved." to say "Copyright (c) 1997 Robert
Bruce Thompson. All rights reserved."

 Anonymous  Jan 1998
Printed Page xxii
added a header ("Acknowledgments") at the top of the page and

a new 1st para. below that:

In addition to the help I received from John Mikal and David Rowe, I
profited from the comments of Eric Pearce, Doug Toombs, and Kirk
Breault, who all reviewed the manuscript.

 Anonymous  Jan 1998
Printed Page 41
bullet item 2, 3rd line from bottom: changed "SXP" to "SPX"

Anonymous  Jan 1998
Printed Page 144
para. 4, line 1: changed "at least 2" to "at least 3"

Anonymous  Jan 1998
Printed Page 198
all the text on this page is new.

Anonymous  Jan 1998
Printed Page 199
the Tip is new

If you use multiple share names to point to the same folder, it's a
good idea to use the Comment field to describe the purpose of each
share. Although users may have access to only one of the shares, it
gets confusing for administrators, who have access to all of them.

 Anonymous  Jan 1998
Printed Page 402
For the var list items captioned res?.log files, substitute the text:

Reserved log files used to "reserve" disk space and vary in size
depending on the application. If a system runs out of disk space
before all transactions in memory are written to the standard log
files, they are written to the res?.log files before theapplication
is shut down.

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 437
For the var list item captioned res?.log files, substitute the text

Reserved log files used to "reserve" disk space and vary in size
depending on the application. If a system runs out of disk space
before all transactions in memory are written to the standard log
files, they are written to the res?.log files before theapplication
is shut down.

 Anonymous 
Printed Page 445
In list item 1: the description of "Replicate Only With

Partners" was changed to

Marking this check box, which is enabled by default, allows
the local WINS server to replicate only with other WINS servers
that have been configured as partners. If this check box is
cleared, the administrator can initiate a replication manually
with any other WINS server."

(this description used to be under "Backup on Termination.")

 Anonymous  Aug 1998
Printed Page 445
list item 2: the description of "Backup On Termination"

was changed to

Marking this check box, which is cleared by default,
automatically backs up the WINS database each time WINS Manager
is stopped, except when the computer is stopped. If you enable
this option, you must enter a valid folder name in the Database
Backup Path box."

 Anonymous  Aug 1998
Printed Page 472
4th line from the bottom: changed "she might" to "he might"

Anonymous  Jan 1998