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Pcounter 2.53a for Windows
with Active Directory support
January 8 2010
(Download - 5 MB)

Pcounter 5.33a for NetWare
NDPS and NDS queues
January 5 2010
(Download - 3.4 MB)

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Whats New?

Note to registered customers
Please do not install these versions if your registration number has a maintenance date earlier than 12/2009

How to check the Pcounter registration maintenance date>Run Pcontrol, Network View.
Find and select the registered server, right click, choose Pcounter, Configuration.
On the Global Settings tab, follow the link to Registration and Trial Period, and the registration information will be displayed.

Upgrading Pcounter for NetWare (Queues)

Close all currently running Pcounter programs on the desktop.
After downloading, run SETUP. This will overwrite your existing program files and icons.
Run Pcontrol, Network View.
(NDS Pcounter.NLM) Find your server in the NDS tree, right-click, and select Pcounter, Configuration.
(Bindery Pcount3x.NLM) Find your server in the NetWare Servers list, right-click, and select Pcounter, Configuration.
On the NLM Status page, press Install server files.
Restart Pcounter.NLM.
Generally, newer versions of server software are backward-compatible with older versions of PPopup, so it is not necessary to update PPopup.exe. However, if the upgrade is intended to address any PPopup issues or new PPopup features, then PPopup.exe should be updated on client workstations.

Upgrading Pcounter for NetWare (NDPS)

Close all currently running Pcounter programs on the desktop.
After downloading, run SETUP. This will overwrite your existing program files and icons.
Run Pcontrol, Network View.
Find the NDPS Manager in the NDS tree, right-click, and select Pcounter, Configuration.
On the Global Settings page, select Install server files.
Either restart NDPSM.NLM, or else shutdown all Pcounter printer agents and start them up again.
Generally, newer versions of server software are backward-compatible with older versions of PPopup, so it is not necessary to update PPopup.exe. However, if the upgrade is intended to address any PPopup issues or new PPopup features, then PPopup.exe should be updated on client workstations.

Upgrading Pcounter for Windows

Close all currently running Pcounter programs on the desktop.
After downloading, run SETUP. This will overwrite your existing program files and icons; however, this will not affect printing. To update the server components, please continue below.
Run Pcontrol, Network View.
Find your server in the domain/workgroup, right-click, and select Pcounter, Configuration.
(Print Server) On the Services/Ports tab:
Stop the Pcounter Printer Control Service.
Update the Ports.
Update the Pcounter Printer Control Service.
Start the Pcounter Printer Control Service.
(Data Server) On the Services/Ports tab:
Stop the Pcounter Data Server Service.
Update the Pcounter Data Server Service.
Start the Pcounter Data Server Service.
See also: "User-mapped section open" error when updating Pcounter services
Generally, newer versions of server software are backward-compatible with older versions of PPopup, so it is not necessary to update PPopup.exe. However, if the upgrade is intended to address any PPopup issues or new PPopup features, then PPopup.exe should be updated on client workstations.

Manual upgrade instructions for server components

If "User-mapped section open" error is occurring, close Pcontrol.
Open the Services Control Panel.
Stop Pcounter Data Server service.
Stop Pcounter Printer Control service.
Stop Spooler (and dependent) services. Examples of dependent services are Print Server for Macintosh and TCP/IP Print Server.
Copy the following files from the Pcounter program directory (typically C:\Program Files\Pcounter for Windows\NT\Server) to the Windows\System32 directory:
PCOUNTER.EXE
PCNTDATA.EXE
PCOUNTAS.DLL
PCOUNTLP.DLL
PCOUNTPA.DLL
PCOUNTOP.DLL
Start Spooler (and dependent) services.
Start Pcounter Printer Control service.
Start Pcounter Data Server service.