User Guide

Before You Begin the Installation 5
Before You Begin the Installation
This section contains the following pre-installation instructions:
• Required operating system updates
• Installing SNMP in Windows NT 4.0 Server and Windows 2000 Server
• Important Network Considerations
• Upgrading from a previous version
• Verifying that a Web server is running
• Removing, modifying, repairing, or updating ColdFusion Server 5
Required operating system updates
Categorized by Windows version, the following table lists the updates that must be
installed before installing ColdFusion Server 5:
Operating
System Update Where to find it
Windows 98 Service Pack 1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
MDAC 2.5 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/data/downloads/
MFC/MSVC 6.0 localdrive\ColdFusion
Image\Redistrib\MSVCRT\setup.exe
NT Option Pack http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/
ntoptionpack/askwiz.asp
Window NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
MDAC 2.5 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/data/
download.htm
MFC/MSVC 6.0 localdrive\ColdFusion
Image\Redistrib\MSVCRT\setup.exe
Simple Network
Management
Protocol
(SNMP)
*
Required only for MIB functionality. For
instructions, see “Installing SNMP in Windows
NT 4.0 Server and Windows 2000 Server” on
page 6 and “Configuring SNMP MIB” on page
19.
Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
MDAC 2.5 SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/data/
download.htm
MFC/MSVC 6.0 localdrive\ColdFusion
Image\Redistrib\MSVCRT\setup.exe
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