Some TinyTERM 3.3 and 4.0 installs had the potential to delete all printers installed in Windows NT. To restore printing functionality in this case, uninstall TinyTERM. Then apply this patch. The patch documentation can be downloaded from this link.

Once the patch is installed, you can reinstall TinyTERM. Do not install the NFS component, as that’s what causes the problem.

You may see this error running TinyTERM 3.3 on Windows NT. If you search your C: drive, you should find the file CTL3DXX.DLL. Rename that file to CTL3D32.DLL.

If you do not have that file, you can also download it from this link. In either case, the file should be in the C:\Winnt\System32 folder.

On Windows 95 and 98 systems with a dial-up ISP, starting a telnet application such as TinyTERM can cause Windows Dial-Up Networking to launch, even if TinyTERM should connect over a LAN.

To stop this from happening, create a hosts file on the PC or edit the existing one (instructions). Add the IP address and hostname of the system you are connecting to.

If this procedure does not work, locate your dial-up networking connection file and rename it. Then start TinyTERM. You’ll get a message that the connection file can’t be found. In that message window will be an option not to connect to the Internet automatically. Check that box, then change the name of your dial-up connection back to the original name. The next time you start TinyTERM, the dialer won’t automatically open.