Upgrading Earlier Versions of Chat Service

The following products can be upgraded to Microsoft Exchange Chat Service version 5.5 Service Pack 1:

Note After you install Chat Service 5.5 Service Pack 1 on a server running ICS 1.0, you must run a chatcmd option to preserve owner permissions for chat sysops on the server's persistent channels. This option was first provided with Chat Service 5.5. If you ran this option when you installed Chat Service 5.5, you do not need to run it again.

To upgrade Internet Chat Server (ICS) 1.0

  1. Upgrade the server operating system to Windows NT® version 4.0 Service Pack 3.
  2. Install Chat Service version 5.5 Service Pack 1.
  3. If the server has any persistent channels owned by chat sysops, complete the steps under Preserving the Ownership of Persistent Channels.

To upgrade Chat Service 5.5

To upgrade Chat Service 5.5, just install Chat Service 5.5 Service Pack 1. If necessary, complete the steps under Preserving the Ownership of Persistent Channels.

Preserving the Ownership of Persistent Channels

Chat Service includes a service mode, SYSOPISOWNER, which grants owner status to chat sysops when they join a dynamic channel. However, this mode affects only dynamic channels on the server, not persistent channels. If you want SYSOPISOWNER set on all persistent channels, you must run the chatcmd /FixChannels option. If you do not run this option after you install Chat Service 5.5 Service Pack 1, SYSOPISOWNER will no longer be set on the server’s persistent channels.

To preserve the ownership of persistent channels

  1. From the chat server's Start menu, choose Programs, and then choose Command Prompt.
  2. Type the following command:

    chatcmd * /FixChannels
    This grants owner permissions to sysops on all persistent channels on the current server.

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