Like all versions of TinyTERM, the TinyTERM Web Server Client must be installed with administrator privileges on the local PC. However, unlike other versions of TinyTERM, the Web Server Client will fail with an application error for the most restricted users. It must run under at least Power User rights on Windows NT, 2000, XP or Vista.

When running Century Internet Services on Windows 95, 98 or Me, enabling the time server (either tcp or udp) causes multiple icons to appear in the Systray. Task Manager shows a separate copy of mar_inet.exe for each icon. They can be removed only by turning off the time server.

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If you have TinyTERM’s Session Properties open, and TinyTERM closes due to the “Close session on disconnect and exit” setting, the Session Properties dialog will stay open. It won’t close by clicking the OK or Cancel button, nor does the X in the upper right do anything.

To close the Session Properties, right-click on your taskbar and select Task Manager from the pop-up window. Kill any TinyTERM or tt.exe process there.

This behavior is fixed in TinyTERM 4.30. In that version and subsequent releases, the TinyTERM window will stay open until the Session Properties dialog closes. It will then respond to the automatic close.

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Century Internet Services is a suite of TCP/IP server applications included with TinyTERM Plus and TERM Professional. It installs on Windows 95, 98 and Me. Once TinyTERM is installed, it starts automatically when Windows starts.

You can stop Century Internet Services from launching at startup by doing the following:

1. Click Start | Settings | Control Panel.
2. Double-click on the Network icon.
3. Click on Century Internet Services in the list, then click the Properties button.
4. Select the Options tab.
5. De-select the option “Start Century Internet Services at Windows Startup.”
6. Click OK, then click OK again.

This error is a protection error. It means the user doesn’t have permission to access the file default.tpx or the directory it’s in.

At a minimum, all users must be able to read the TinyTERM install directory, normally C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM. To make changes to default.tpx or any other file in that directory, they will also need write permissions.

On Windows Vista and Windows 7, it may not be possible to change the directory permissions, even after setting the User Account Control (UAC) setting to its minimum security level. In that case, the user will need to save settings to a different directory, one with write permissions. The user’s desktop or Documents folder are common choices.

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This error usually indicates a corrupt configuration file. It may be accompanied by the error: “The CSL Run Engine ActiveX Doc Object Server has encountered a problem and needs to close.”

To fix the problem, locate the .tpx file you’re using, and rename or delete it. The next time TinyTERM starts, you’ll see a “file not found” error. Click OK to continue with the defaults. You will need to configure your connection again when doing this.

Terminal emulators running in a window do not work well with text-to-speech software such as Jaws or Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Because the screen information is not stored in a file format, it will often be ignored entirely.

To read a portion of the screen, select the text in the window. Be careful to select from upper left to lower right. Otherwise the text-to-speech program may read the selected area backwards.

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Sometimes the connection will work and allow the user to login normally. But after login, the keyboard stops responding. And it may not happen to all users.

This is most common with SSH connections, but can happen with any connection type. When this happens, edit the user’s .profile or equivalent on the UNIX or Linux host. Add one line to the end of the file:

stty sane

The next time the user logs in, the connection will work normally.

TinyTERM and TERM for Windows do not create desktop shortcuts as part of installation. However, you can create one manually.

The easiest way to do this is to click on Start | Programs | TinyTERM. Using your right mouse button from there, drag the “TinyTERM Emulator” icon out to the desktop. You’ll get a popup menu. Select “Copy here” from that menu, and the shortcut will automatically be created.

You can also create the shortcut step by step. Right-click on the desktop and select “New” from the popup menu, then “Shortcut”. In the box labeled, “Type the location of the item:” enter the following for TinyTERM version 4:

“C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM\tt.exe” -PL3 default

Replace PL3 with the first three letters of your serial number. Replace default with the name of the .tpx configuration file you’re using. The quotation marks and dash are required.

Click Next to enter a name for the shortcut. Click Finish, and the shortcut will appear on your desktop.

There are, of course, other ways to create a desktop shortcut in Windows. These methods are convenient for most PCs.

This error always refers to the TT.int file. It means TT.int is missing or corrupted.

To fix the error, copy TT.int from a PC with a working install of the same TinyTERM version. If one is not available, uninstall TinyTERM and delete the C:\Program Files\Century directory. Then reboot the PC and reinstall TinyTERM. Once the error is corrected, back up TT.int so you have a replacement copy if the error happens again.

A common cause of TT.int corruption is antivirus software. It’s just a collection of messages, but sometimes it gets incorrectly flagged as a virus and quarantined. Where possible, exempt TT.int from your virus scanner to prevent that.

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