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- {ARTISOFT'S TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER}
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- Technical Support is free to all owners of Artisoft products and
- is available between the hours of 7:00AM and 5:00PM Mountain
- Standard Time. Users can contact a Technical Support
- Representative (Rep) for assistance by calling (602)293-6363.
- If a customer prefers, a message for a return call can be left at
- this number as well. An alternative method to receive Technical
- Support is to FAX in requests for support. The Artisoft FAX
- telephone number is (602)293-8065. Users may access the
- Artisoft BBS for Technical Support. This telephone number is
- (602)293-0065; it is an open BBS for all owners of Artisoft
- products. On CompuServe, Artisoft has a forum, also; use GO
- ARTISOFT to gain access once connected to CompuServe. Technical
- Bulletins are available on Artisoft's Automated FAX System
- (AFS). To download bulletins from the AFS, customers should use
- the hand-set on their FAX machines to dial (602)293-1397 and
- follow the voice prompts to download the selected bulletins.
- For a list of available bulletins, download FAX number 2.
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- During the initial greeting after dialing the (602)293-6363
- telephone number, the customer is prompted to press 3 for
- Technical Support. After pressing 3, the customer will hear
- further voice prompts as follows:
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- o For Windows support, press 1: If the customer is having
- problems using Microsoft's Windows on a LANtastic network, this
- queue will ensure that a Rep trained to support Windows will
- answer the call.
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- o For third party adapters, LANtastic/Z, Central Station, or
- ArtiCom support, press 2: If a customer has any of these
- products, this queue will ensure that a Rep specially trained on
- these products will answer the call.
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- o For LANtastic and all other Artisoft products, press 3: This
- will place the call in the main queue where trained Reps will
- answer the call.
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- All queues are answered on a FIFO (first-in-first-out) basis.
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- In order for Technical Support to help troubleshoot problems as
- efficiently as possible, it is important -
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- o for customers to call using a telephone as close to the
- problem computer as possible.
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- o to have the hardware and software manuals associated with the
- network near at hand in case the Rep needs to refer the
- customer to specific sections of the manuals for details such
- as various available jumper settings or the syntax for a
- switch on a software command line.
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- o to help the Rep quickly identify where to begin to
- troubleshoot, by having error messages that appear on the
- computer's monitor written down; a short description of the
- problem and what operation was being performed when the error
- message was displayed is important as well.
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- o to have the serial number available; this is located on the
- label of the original network operating system diskette, on the
- registration card included in the box, or on the side of the box
- itself.
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- o when FAXing in requests for Technical Support, to be sure to
- include the company name, the contact's name, a return
- telephone number, and a return FAX number.