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In article <eRUkFDA6cjv4EwSe@rogers.demon.co.uk>, Mart Rogers
<mart@rogers.demon.co.uk> writes

>use it at your own risk (This seems to be Demon's line on
>Turnpike on NT/W2K)

news to me for NT :(

however, changes to the registry in Windows 2000 mean that Turnpike v5
is recommended ... and that remains in beta at present, and beta
programs are not suitable for everyone.

>However, Demon imv are trying to pull a bit of a fast one here if they
>are claiming not to support Windows NT (see Malcolm's post earlier in
>this thread).  If Turnpike is not intended to run on NT why even bother
>evolving from 16 to 32 bit.  If they don't support NT why do they offer
>Turnpike as being NT compatible(http://www.turnpike.co.uk/upgrade.html).

I think the distinction is that Turnpike will run on NT once you have
set up RAS and configured the other networking components. Since this
can be a complex task (you might be using the NT machine as a router
between networks) your system administrator should do that.

However, once your NT box is "Internet ready" then you can use Turnpike
and you will supported in your usage of Turnpike.

>If Turnpike is intended to run on Windows NT it seems a logical rational
>extension that it should at some point soon be intended to run on W2K.

see above -- but, as usual, there are differences between the systems
and the new one is not quite 100% upwards compatible :(

>If there is a difference between what 'support' Demon offer and what
>Turnpike is intended to run on then Demon ought to reconcile this.

I think Demon has - but has failed to communicate it

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