Scripting and SLIPing

The Dial-Up Scripting Tool and the SLIP drivers are optional networking components found on the Windows 95 CDROM. To install them, insert the CD into the drive. It is an auto-start CDROM, so a large window should be displayed a moment after the CD is inserted. If it does not auto-start, start it manually by double-clicking on the Windows95 CD icon in My Computer. When it runs, it displays the Windows 95 CD-ROM window. Click the Add/Remove Software icon that appears in the lower right-hand corner of the window.

The Add/Remove Programs Properties window appears. Select the Windows Setup tab. Click Have Disk. Assuming that the CDROM drive is D:, enter D:\ADMIN\APPTOOLS\DSCRIPT in the Install From Disk box and click OK. Make sure that SLIP and Scripting for Dial-Up Networking is checked in the Components list of the Have Disk window, and then click Install. This installs both pieces of software. When you return to the Add/Remove Program Properties window click OK to finish the installation.

If the PC does not have the CDROM version of Windows 95, obtain DSCRIPT from the Internet. Using a system that has Web access, go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/admintools.htm and click on Dial-Up SLIP and Scripting Support. When the Confirm File Open window appears, click on Save As and save dscrpt to a floppy disk. Take the floppy to the Windows 95 system. Run Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel, and install the software as described above--except this time point the Install From Disk path to the floppy disk.