Inside the architecture of the
Netscape Navigator 1.22 installation

Netscape 1.22 makes the following changes to Windows 3.1/3.11. The original system.ini and win.ini are saved to the Netscape directory.

Four dialer files are added to Netscape\system.

The following is added to the new system.ini :

[386Enh]
device=C:\NETSCAPE\system\vntstimd.exe
device=C:\NETSCAPE\system\vtcprac.386
device=C:\NETSCAPE\dial.386

[Network]
SessTimeout=240

[VNTSTIMD]
NumTCBs=255

[DNS]
Saved DNSServers=
DNSServers=205.252.116.10,

The following block is added to win.ini:

[Netscape]
Ini=C:\NETSCAPE\NETSCAPE.INI
dialer=C:\NETSCAPE\DIALER
eudora=C:\NETSCAPE\EUDORA

No changes are made to config.sys and autoexec.bat.

Deinstalling Netscape 1.22:

To properly deinstall Netscape 1.22, insert diskette one into the a: drive. Click File, then Run. Type: a:\setup and hit enter.

The diskette should recognize an existing version of Netscape and prompt you with the following:

Choose Deinstall, and choose Yes to the following window:

When finished deinstalling, open File manager to make sure the Netscape directory (and all its contents) are deleted.

Netscape 1.22 Dialer :

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