NCSA Mosaic for MS Windows User Guide: Installation

Microsoft Windows

Mosaic is a 32-bit OLE compatible application. Object linking and embedding (OLE) is used by Mosaic to communicate and integrate with other applications. See "OLE Automation" on page G-1 for more information.

Win32 Software for Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11

Windows 3.1x and Windows for Workgroups 3.1x are 16-bit operating systems. In order to run a 32-bit OLE application on your system, install Microsoft's Win32s software that supports OLE. The Win32s with OLE software is available on NCSA's FTP server (ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu) in the /Mosaic/Windows directory. The file w32sReadme.txt contains specific information about the latest version of Win32s.

Win32s must be installed before you install Mosaic because the Mosaic installation program is also a 32-bit application. See "Windows3.1 or WfW3.11 Installation instructions" on page B-4 for specific Win32s installation instructions.

NOTE: Version 1.30a is required for users upgrading to Mosaic 2.1.

Windows 95 and Windows NT

Windows 95 and Windows NT are 32-bit operating systems with built-in winsock and OLE support. The Windows NT operating system is available for the following processors:

iX86
Intel 386, 486, and Pentium processors
aXP
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) aXP 64-bit processor
MIPS
MIPS Technologies, Inc. processor
PPC
Motorola, IBM, Apple Power PC processor