April 1996 / Special Report

Dock and Play -- Almost Plug and Play Docking Systems Docking Procedures Compaq's MultiBay Expansion Base Dell's Advanced Port Replicator HP's Docking System IBM ThinkPad Dock II PNP Docking with OS/2	Plug and Play is the crown jewel of Windows 95, and notebook docking is its ultimate test - by Dave Rowell
OLE's Missing Links Linking and Embedding Defined The OLE Experience Spreadsheets Won't Cross Boundaries As Smooth as Concrete Almost In-Place Editing	An emerging standard for communication between applications, OLE 2 will work better when software vendors agree on its meaning - by Keith Pleas
Underground Upgrades for Windows 95 Accessorize Win95 From Anemic to Dynamic with Add-Ons	Freeware, shareware, and low-cost utilities make Windows 95 what it should have been in the first place - by Stanford Diehl
Better Connections in Windows Traveling Software's LapLink for Win95 Delrina's WinFax Pro Mustang's QmodemPro CommSuite's TalkWorks Module Windows TAPIs Your Phone	Windows 95's built-in communications makes you wonder if you need add-on comm software - by Paul Korzeniowski
When Networking is Not Working A Catalog of Win 95's Network Problems Configuration Problems Cascade in Win95 Reinforcing Windows Security	Microsoft touts Windows 95 as network-ready, but NetWare conflicts and setup glitches are keeping it off some corporate LANs - by Barry Nance

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