One solution I thought of is to copy the file to the hard drive, tweak the autoexec with a line to rename/replace the file and another line to reboot and another line to remove those lines, force a reboot, let the autoexec run then do another reboot. JOY!

Anyone have any brighter suggestions on a monday morning? Oh yeah, doing it manually is not possible as we're talking 100's of systems across our WAN.

Thanks
Darryl Jacoby

The other method is to copy the file to the c:\temp directory and reboot the PC. BUT before the Win95 splash screen and quicky after the Power On Self Test (POST) hit function key "F8". You will the be confronted with a menu. Choose the LAST item on the menu (usually boot to MS-DOS prompt only) Thenentyter the line at the DOS prompt...
copy c:\temp\msnet32.dll c:\windows\system
It would be a good idea to check if VREDIR.VXD is at least equal to v4.00.1111. You can find this out by executing...
QFECHECK.EX

On my Win95 test box, I've replaced MSNET32.dll using one of the methods you describe. Manually replacing the file is a workable solution for me for this site, but, we have many sites, and visiting each Win95 user will not be possible. I'm really looking for something automated here.

;MSNET.DDL UPDATE
$RETURNCODE = EXIST ("%WINDIR%\UPDATE1.TXT")
IF INWIN = 2 AND $RETURNCODE = 0
SHELL "%COMSPEC% /C COPY \\SERVER\UPDATES\UPDATE1.TXT %WINDIR%"
SHELL "%COMSPEC% /C \\SERVER\UPDATES" + "\MSNETUPD.EXE /Q"
ENDIF

;==================================================
;+++++++++++++++++++
; Update MSNET32.DLL
;+++++++++++++++++++

;Will update the MSNET32.dll file on a Win95 system IF the file is outdated.

IF @Inwin = 1 goto startkix
ELSE goto chkmsnet

;**********
:chkmsnet
;**********
$msnet = "\\server\shared\kixfiles\kix\msnet32.dll"
$msnetloc = "%windir%\system\msnet32.dll"
$rc = COMPAREFILETIMES($msnet,$msnetloc)

IF $rc = 1 OR $rc = -3

;Fixes problem if a Win9x client does not reboot before logging in a 2nd time.
IF EXIST ("c:\dpscs\autoexec.kix")
COPY "c:\dpscs\autoexec.kix" "c:\dpscs\autoexec.k2"
COPY "c:\dpscs\autoexec.kix" "c:\autoexec.bat"
ENDIF

COPY "\\server\shared\kixfiles\kix\msnet32.dll" "c:\dpscs\"
COPY "c:\autoexec.bat" "c:\autoexec.kix"
COPY "c:\autoexec.kix" "c:\dpscs\"
DEL "c:\autoexec.bat"
COPY "\\server\shared\kixfiles\reboot\autoexec.bat" "c:\"
COPY "\\server\shared\kixfiles\reboot\reboot.bat" "c:\dpscs\"
COPY "\\server\shared\kixfiles\reboot\reboot.asm" "c:\dpscs\"
COPY "\\server\shared\kixfiles\reboot\reboot.com" "c:\dpscs\"
COPY "\\server\shared\kixfiles\reboot\reboot.doc" "c:\dpscs\"
ENDIF

The autoexec.bat & reboot.bat are used to boot the Win95 system, replace %windir%\system\msnet32.dll with the Win98 version, and reboot the system.

Create a file wininit.ini and copy the file to the local c:\windows\system dir. Edit the file as such:

[rename]
C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msnet32.950=C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msnet32.dll
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msnet32.dll=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msnet32.95x

This will backup your old and install the new dll on windows restart.