Jan 15, 2016  Trying to install the IPX protocol on windows vista or later ONLY APPLIES to games coded for the early versions of windows, where TCP/IP was not yet a standard protocol. It does NOT APPLY to DOS games, which you are probably running in the DosBox emulator. Emulators are what we now call Virtual machines, and Dosbox is pretty smart.

There is a 'solution' that is posted on a few places for Vista. Be aware though, that the solution first only works on 32-bit, and that the 'solution' probably don't even work. (It's more of a hack than a clean install.) There are a few obvious things, like the properties button on IPX protocol is grayed out (meaning you can't change frame type), and you can't bind IPX to the client of Windows Networking protocol. Don't see this as a serious solution, more as a desperate try to get it working, until the protocol is officially added to protocol list.

What you need: a working installation of Windows XP sp2 (according to instructions). Ctrate a new folder c: temp Step 2.

Copy the following files to the directory c: temp *and* to the corrsponding vista directories: Note: You might need to open up an 'elevated' command prompt, 'run as administrator', (to get write access to directories). Windows System32 drivers nwlnkipx.sys Windows System32 drivers nwlnkflt.sys Windows System32 drivers nwlnkfwd.sys Windows System32 drivers nwlnknb.sys Windows System32 drivers nwlnkspx.sys Windows System32 rtipxmib.dll Windows System32 wshisn.dll Windows System32 nwprovau.dll Windows inf netnwlnk.inf (*) Windows inf netnwlnk.pnf (*) (*) The directory 'inf' is hidden Step 3. Fizicheskaya i kolloidnaya himiya shpargalki.

Go to 'manage network connection' (in control panel-> network). Right click your LAN adapter connection, click 'install', 'protocol', 'Add', Do not select the IPX that is already in the list, be sure to select 'have disk'.

Navigate to 'c: temp' and select file 'netnwlnk.inf', now select 'WLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS'. You will get a warning it's not verifyable, install anyway (or not.). If you get an error message about a missing module, you forgot to copy the above files to the windows 7 directories. Reboot computer.

Now you will have the IPX protocol in installed protocol list (if everything works as it should), but it will probably not work. Are you kidding me? This is Microsoft's official response? There's no native IPX/SPX so contact Novell. How does the most 'user-friendly' operating system company refuse to support one of the most widely used LAN protocols for old games?

I mean I'm a PC and i'm 4 1/2 years old, I can make pictures look good, yay! Is this what Microsoft is now? I'm not gonna lie, I don't have an issue Windows supporting IPX, that's fine.

I'm sure tons of users will make a work around. But for you to even come in here and post that garbage of a statement. No duh, it's not natively supported, no duh. This post is a year old, I really hope that you don't answer questions for support help anymore. I used to use IPX/SPX because I don't like to have my production machines exposed to the Internet any more than absolutely necessary. With IPX, I could run a local area net and keep TCP/Internet turned off completely on all but one machine.