If you have an old version of PowWow still installed on your computer you must rename the POWWOW.INI file in your Windows directory (typically C:\WINDOWS\) and rename or uninstall any previous versions of PowWow on your PC before installing PowWow Version 3.50.

1. Download  (PowWow Version 3.5, filename: PW350.EXE, size: 3,130KB) and save it to a location you will remember on your computer.
   
2. Install it by running the PW350.EXE file but do not run PowWow after the installation is finished.
   
3. Download the updated PowWow executable from here (updated PowWow Version 3.5 executable, filename: PW35.ZIP, size: 741KB), unzip it and copy the Powwow_3.50.EXE file to your PowWow installation directory (typically C:\Program Files\Tribal Voice\PowWow\).
   
   You may wish to create a shortcut to the updated PowWow executable on your Desktop, Start Menu or Programs folder.
   
4. Run PowWow and click on the Configuration (Wrench) button in the Main PowWow Navigation window and select Preferences… from the pop-up menu.
   
5. To join LINKSPLACE Community click on the Communities (Globe-within-a-C) button at the bottom of the Communities window Main PowWow Navigation window and select Join a Community from the pop-up menu.
   
   The PowWow Address Book window will appear.
   
6. At the bottom of the PowWow Address Book window, enter LinksPlace Community address powwowroom@66.92.250.87  in the Join Community Address: field, and select (check) the Direct Connect option. Other communities are listed below.
   
   Click on Join to enter the Community.
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8. Download the pw350.exe and install it. Then download the zip file and unzip the file and place into the powwow folder. Then run powwow and connect to room by clicking on the Big C to join a community and put in address  and check mark direct connect and wala your in LinksPlace.. Occasionally you will get errors from tribal servers since we all know it is not running.  So Give it a try.

Congratulations, you have now joined the Linksplace Community!

You should now be able to run PowWow on your computer. Please note as PowWow runs it will periodically attempt to re-register with the old Tribal Voice servers and display a warning when it cannot connect. This is normal behavior for PowWow and the registration requests can be ignored.

Troubleshooting

Firewalls
If you are behind a firewall or proxy server which uses Network Address Translation (NAT) be sure to forward TCP and UDP ports 13223 and 13224 to your computer.

PowWow uses TCP port 13223 for client connections and UDP port 13223 for transmitting voice data. TCP port 13224 is used for server connections.

Buddies and Buddy Requests
To add buddies to your Buddy List both you and your buddy must join the same Community. Once there, remove any pending buddy requests (a question mark icon in front of your friend's name) in your Buddy List. In the Community's list of people, find your buddy-to-be, right-click on their name and select Request to be a Buddy from the pop-up menu.

However, as the buddy feature is not fully-implemented with this version of PowWow and PULS, the buddy list feature in this version of PowWow is essentially moot. It will be commonplace for the buddies to drop off your list entirely, and IMs and etc. cannot be verified to be delivered properly to contacts on your buddy list. However, IMs and etc. will be delivered properly to buddies who are in the same community as you.

Error Messages
PowWow may display error messages when initially attempting to register and after file transfers have been successfully completed. These may safely be ignored.

In fact, if you leave the Error Messages open which begin with:
"Cannot locate registration host, error 1100N:.." open, (PowWow will function with the error messages, which can be safely ignored, and closed).

Please direct any comments or questions to ... Oh wait, .... Sorry, PowWow is as-is, unsupported software.