This directory contains the necessary files for 16-bit Windows Sockets support for the Windows NT October Beta release. These files have not received the thorough testing that the released Beta received, and should be used cautiously. In particular, you are encouraged to make backup copies of the Beta files that these overwrite in case you need to revert to the Beta. To use these files, go to the "system" subdirectory of the NT tree and rename wow32.dll to wow32.sav, wsock32.dll to wsock32.sav, and wshtcpip.dll to wshtcpip.sav, then copy in the four files included here. Reboot and you'll be ready to run 16-bit Windows Sockets applications. If you experience problems running non-Windows Sockets 16-bit applications or with 32-bit Windows Sockets applications, revert to the original files included with the beta. The files included herein work on either free or checked builds. Known problems with the 16-bit Windows Sockets code include: - WSASetBlockingHook() does not work. - WSACleanup() doesn't close open sockets. A fully tested implementation of 16-bit Windows Sockets support will be included in the next NT Beta release.