Bugs, Integration Problems, Tips, and Tricks

General Installation Considerations

Unless you are certain that it is safe or reliable to do so, never install a program by running a setup.exe program directly. Always do the following:
Choose Start + Settings + Control Panel + Add/Remove Programs
Click on the "Add New Programs" icon
Click on the "CD or Floppy" button
Follow the Wizards directions...
New Install vs. Upgrade: In general, we have found problems with upgrading from Win95/98. Our best advice is to copy all the things off your hard disk that you need (Office documents, Eudora mailboxes, browser bookmarks, etc.) then reformat


Stanford Site-Licensed Software
ITSS manages the licensing for various software packages in use on campus. Some of this software is usedprimarily by non-ITSS groups, and is not directly support by ITSS or CRC. We will coordinate with these groups to ensure that these packages are tested, and work with vendors to obtain updates.

Timbuktu Pro 32 (Version 2.0 Build 758)
The current version of Timbuktu (2.0 Build 758) is not entirely compatible with Windows 2000. A non Windows 2000 Timbuktu client can not connect to a Windows 2000 host. Connecting from a Windows 2000 client to a non Windows 2000 host works. Windows 2000 to Windows 2000 connections have not yet been tested. Netopia is aware of the problem & is working on an upgrade (stay tunedÖ)



Norton System Works 2000
Norton System Works 2000 checks the operating system on boot up and displays an error message (it will not load). This is not necessarily a bad thing. Since System Works performs some pretty specific and low level stuff; it could have disastrous effects if the assumptions that it uses (which are operating system specific) are wrong. The only irony here is that "System Works 2000" is not compatible with "Windows 2000" (as if the "2000" means anything at all ;-)...

Meeting Maker
The 32 bit version of Meeting Maker 5.0.3 does not work with Windows 2000. The installation works fine, but the problem is that the program is unable to see the ITSS-MM server. The solution however is quite simple as suggested by Sunny Donenfeld and that is to use the 16 bit version of Meeting Maker. You can get the 16 bit version (503w16cl.exe) from the following FTP site: