Welcome to The SoftwareVAULT Shareware Collections from Digital Impact, Inc. 6506 S. Lewis Suite 250 Tulsa, OK 74136 1-918-742-2022 Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM Central 3 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS SOFTWAREVAULT CD-ROM ======================================================== 1. There are a few ways you can run SoftwareVAULT from either the CD-ROM directly or from your hard drive, depending on your preferences. Read below to learn your options. 2. This product is a collection of "shareware" programs and resources. Please contact the respective authors of each program to register your copy and to obtain specific technical support for any program. 3. Digital Impact will offer technical support for the SoftwareVAULT Librarian program, but is not able to offer help with the individual shareware programs included on this disc. Ask your local software dealer for more information about other great SoftwareVAULT products. Enjoy this great library of software and let us know how we can better serve your needs and interests in future products! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * YOUR OPTIONS ON HOW TO RUN SOFTWAREVAULT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The rich contents of this SoftwareVAULT CD-ROM are accessed by running the program called the SoftwareVAULT Librarian, which is available on the CD-ROM in versions for Windows 3.x and Windows 95. Though you can easily run the Librarian directly from the CD-ROM, you may prefer to run it on your hard drive. Running the Librarian from your hard drive may result in better overall performance and and doing so allows you to save user-specific configuration data for use in subsequent sessions. Important notes regarding the SoftwareVAULT Librarian ----------------------------------------------------- You will need at least 15.0 MB of free disk space to install the SoftwareVAULT Librarian and its data files to your hard disk. INSTRUCTIONS ON RUNNING SOFTWAREVAULT Following are instructions on how to run the SoftwareVAULT Librarian... ... from the CD-ROM in Windows 3.x ... from your hard drive in Windows 3.x ... from the CD-ROM in Windows 95 ... from your hard drive in Windows 95. Running the SoftwareVAULT Librarian from the CD-ROM in Windows 3.x: ================================================================== 1. Due to the CD-ROM being "READ-ONLY" media, you should follow the instructions in the next section and install the Librarian on your hard drive. Running the SoftwareVAULT Librarian from your hard drive in Windows 3.x: ======================================================================== Note: You will need at least 15.0 MB of free disk space to install the SoftwareVAULT Librarian and its data files. 1. Run Windows as instructed in the Windows User's Guide. 2. From the Program Manager, select the Run... option in the File menu. 3. Using the Browse function, select the CD-ROM drive and the program on the CD-ROM titled SETUP.EXE. 4. Follow the instructions given by the SETUP program. 5. Once the SoftwareVAULT Librarian files have been installed on your hard drive, and you have returned to the Program Manager in Windows, you can run the Librarian from your hard drive while in Windows as described next... 6. While in the Program Manager, double-click on the "SoftwareVAULT" Program Group and then double-click on the "svlwin.exe" icon. Running the SoftwareVAULT Librarian from the CD-ROM in Windows 95: ================================================================== 1. Due to the CD-ROM being "READ-ONLY" media, you should follow the instructions in the next section and install the Librarian on your hard drive. Running the SoftwareVAULT Librarian from your hard drive in Windows 95: ======================================================================= Note: You will need at least 15.0 MB of free disk space to install the SoftwareVAULT Librarian and its data files. 1. Insert the CD. 2. Click on Install. 3. Follow the step by step instructions. You may accept the defaults for all questions if you wish. 4. Once the SoftwareVAULT Librarian files have been installed on your hard drive, and you have returned to the Desktop in Windows 95, you can run the Librarian from your hard drive while in Windows 95 as described next... 6. From the Start menu, select Programs/SoftwareVAULT/svlwin.exe. 7. Click on the Librarian menu item. You may also use the shortcut if you have created one. * * * ENJOY! * * *