W95 client problems with server 7.5

[marchem]

Sorry for the cross post (also in Server forum). I'm hoping someone in the Client forum may have some ideas.

 

I'm having problems with my W95 clients now that I upgraded to Server 7.5. When I install the 7.5.116 client software on a W95 machine I get an error message after reboot: ""The RETROCLIENT.EXE file is linked to missing export ADVAPI32.DLL:SetNamedSecurityInfoW.".

 

If I uninstall the 7.5.116 client and install either the 5.6 or 6.0 client I am able to add the W95 client to the server, but when I "refresh" the client at the server I get the error "Client speed test failed, error -540 (trouble creating service)." I have seen that this can be caused by a missing Winsock 2.0, but the W95 client does have Winsock 2.0 installed.

 

If I uninstall the 5.6 or 6.0 client and install the 6.5 client it tells me when I enter the client password (during the install) "The password you entered must be at least 4 characters in length". it says this no matter what I enter for a password.

 

So at this point I am unable to install a client on my W95 machines that will work with Server 7.5. I would downgrade to Server 6.5 (which worked fine before), except I need Vista support. I can't dump W95 because I have several analytical instruments that won't run on anything newer.

 

Thanks Rob