NEC PowerMate ES Series Release Notes 3
Applications
The system comes with the operating system preloaded. Systems that come with Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000/Windows NT
®
are configured so that the first time you start up your system,
you choose the operating system you want to load. The operating system you choose is your
only operating system and is the one that the NEC OS Restore program restores.
NEC-provided applications, drivers, and utilities come loaded on the hard drive.
System Configuration
See the following sections for system configuration information.
Configuring the System for Microsoft Internet Explorer
TCP/IP must be enabled before you can use Microsoft Internet Explorer. See the following
sections to enable TCP/IP.
Note
On systems with Windows 98, the second boot of the system automatically installs
TCP/IP. For systems with Windows NT or Windows 2000, see the appropriate section that
follows for your operating system.
Changing Network Settings on Systems with Windows NT
All systems are configured with the NetBEUI and NWLink protocols enabled. However, before
you connect a system to your network you might need to:
enable a different network protocol
disable unneeded protocols for enhanced system performance
add or change network, domain, and gateway information.
The following procedure describes how to disable the NetBEUI and NWLink protocols, enable
TCP/IP, and provide network, domain, and gateway information. (If a different protocol is
enabled, the menu choices might differ from those described in the procedure.)
1.
From the Windows desktop, click
Start
on the taskbar, point to
Settings
, and click
Control
Panel
.
2.
Double click the
Network
icon in the Control Panel window.
3.
Click the
Configuration
tab. In the Configuration display, the following protocols are
loaded:
NetBEUI Protocol
NWLink IPXSPX-Compatible Transport
NWLink NetBIOS
4.
Highlight
NWLink IPXSPX-Compatible Transport
and click
Remove
. A warning window
appears asking for confirmation to continue.
5.
Click
Yes
. The NWLink IPXSPX-Compatible Transport and NWLink NetBIOS lines
disappear from the Configuration display.
6.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 to remove the NetBEUI Protocol.
7.
In the Configuration tab display, click
Add
. Highlight
Protocol
and click
Add
.
8.
Highlight
Microsoft
and then
TCP/IP
and click
OK
. The TCP/IP Setup window appears. If
there is a DHCP server on the network, click
Yes
; otherwise click
No
.
