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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
- 1. Performance Issues
- 2. Trouble Shooting
- 3. About WinTutor 95
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- 1. Performance Issues
-
- WinTutor 95 employs multimedia techniques, such as audio, full motion
- video, and animation. These techniques place a significantly higher load
- on your computer system. Thus, you need a more powerful system to run
- multimedia applications than you do to run most other types of
- applications.
-
- In general, to run WinTutor 95 most effectively, we recommend that you
- use a system containing a 486DX66 or faster CPU, at least 8MB of RAM,
- at least 10 MB free disk space, a double-speed or better CD-ROM drive,
- and an 8 bit or better audio card.
-
- WinTutor 95 is delivered with two versions: a 16 bit version and a
- 32 bit version. If you are running Windows 95 or Windows NT, make sure
- you have installed the 32 bit version. If you are running Windows 3.1,
- make sure you have installed the 16 bit version. If you installed
- WinTutor 95 by executing setup.exe in the root directory of the
- WinTutor 95 CD, then you installed the 32 bit version. If you installed
- WinTutor 95 by executing setup.exe in the \setup16 directory of the
- WinTutor 95 CD, then you installed the 16 bit version.
-
- WinTutor Audio
-
- WinTutor uses standard Windows audio. This means that you must have an
- audio board installed, and the correct Windows audio drivers installed
- on your system. If you have speakers connected to your audio board, and
- you hear "TA-DA" when you first run Windows, then your audio board is
- properly installed.
-
- WinTutor Motion Video
-
- WinTutor 95 employs video clips throughout the CD. To get the full
- benefits from these video clips, your system's video must be configured
- to support at least 256 colors, and you must have Video for Windows
- version 1.1 or greater installed. This means you need a Super VGA video
- card and a Super VGA monitor. In addition, you must have the correct
- video drivers installed, and your system must be running in a video mode
- that supports at least 256 colors.
-
- If you are running Windows 95 or Windows NT, then you don't have to
- worry about Video for Windows - it comes with the system. If you are
- running Windows 3.1, then you need to install Video for Windows 1.1.
-
- This CD contains the runtime version of Video for Windows 1.1. If you
- don't already have Video for Windows version 1.1 or greater installed,
- you should have let us install it when you installed this CD. If
- you did not, re-install this CD and let us install Video for Windows
- for you! Remember, to install the 16 bit version of WinTutor 95, execute
- \setup16\setup from our CD.
-
- There is a wide range of video cards and monitors in the marketplace.
- Standard VGA supports a maximum of 640X480 resolution using 16 colors.
- Other video systems can support as high as 1024X768 resolution using
- 16 million colors. You can also use different resolutions. Popular
- choices are:
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- 640X480 16 colors (Standard VGA)
- 640X480 256 colors
- 800X600 256 colors
- 640X480 64,000 colors
- 800X600 64,000 colors
- 640X480 16 million colors
- 800X600 16 million colors
- 1024X768 256 colors
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- Video cards that contain 1M RAM typically support the first four modes.
- Video cards with more RAM can support the other modes as well.
-
- So, which mode should you choose? This depends on your video card and
- monitor.
-
- If you have a card and/or monitor that supports VGA only, then choose
- 640X480X16 colors. Our courses will be able to effectively teach you
- Windows 95, but the videos and a lot of the graphics won't look very
- good!
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- If you have a 512K or 1M RAM video card, choose 640X480X256 colors.
- If you have a 1M card and a fast computer, such as a 486DX66, you may
- want to try 640X480X64,000 colors. The video clips will look better
- in this mode. However, on some systems they may appear jerky, and the
- audio may not be quite in sync with the video.
-
- If you have a 2M or better video card, choose 640X480X64,000 colors.
- This course will run in higher screen resolutions, but it looks best
- at this video mode.
-
- To change video modes in Windows 95, open the Display icon in the
- Control Panel. You can access the Control Panel from the My Computer
- icon. To change video modes in Windows 3.1 or Windows NT, use the
- Windows Setup program, which is located in your Windows Main Group.
- Consult your video card manual to install the correct video drivers
- on your system.
-
- If the WinTutor videos seem jerky and out-of-sync with the audio,
- you probably have a slow video card. If you plan to purchase and use
- other multimedia products, you should consider purchasing a video
- graphics accelerator card. This should solve your problem, especially
- if the smaller lesson videos are smooth, but the larger videos are
- jerky. Keep in mind that our videos are 15 frames a second, while
- normal TV and video tapes are closer to 30 frames a second. Thus,
- some amount of jerkiness is expected.
-
- Some video cards are more efficient in video modes that use 256
- colors than modes that use either 64K or 16M colors. So, if you are
- in a video mode that uses more than 256 colors and the videos seem
- jerky, try changing your video mode to 640X480X256 colors.
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- 2. Troubleshooting
-
- The SoftKey Technical support number for WinTutor 95 is: 404-428-0008.
-
- There is a problem with the final beta version of Windows 95. On most
- computers, the Windows 95 Taskbar interferes with WinTutor 95, when
- the Taskbar has the property "Always on top." The following is the
- procedure for turning off this property:
-
- 1. Press your <Ctrl> key, and while holding it down, press the <Esc> key.
- The Taskbar, along with the Start Menu, should appear.
-
- 2. Press your <Esc> key. The Start Menu should disappear, leaving the
- Taskbar.
-
- 3. Click an empty part of the Taskbar with your RIGHT mouse button. A
- menu should appear.
-
- 4. Click the Properties... item on the menu. Another menu should appear.
-
- 5. If the "Always on top" box is checked, click the checkmark with your
- left mouse button to uncheck it.
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- 6. Click the OK button with your left mouse button.
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- That's it! You can now continue with WinTutor 95. Please remember to
- disable the "Always on top" property on the Taskbar whenever you run
- WinTutor 95.(This property will stay disabled unless you re-enable it.)
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- 3. About WinTutor 95
-
- WinTutor 95 was developed by Paragon Consultants, Inc.
- (C) 1995 Paragon Consultants, Inc. All rights reserved.
-
- The SoftKey Technical support number for WinTutor 95 is: 404-428-0008.
-
- Credits:
-
- Producer: Paul Para
- Curriculum Author: Jennifer Bircher
- Graphics Artists: Dave Stirts, Jim Randazzo
- Authoring System Developer: Alex Groenevelt
- Screen Developer: Linda Buseman
- Narrator: Jeremy McCaleb
-
- You can reach Paul, Jennifer, and Linda via Paragon Consultants,
- Inc.: Voice: 303-442-1613 E-mail: paulpara@ix.netcom.com
- Fax: 303-939-0209
-
- OR, visit our WWW Home Page at: www.pointcom.com/paragon
-
- You can reach Dave or Jim via Digital Creators: 303-473-0807
- E-mail:ou812@netcom.com
-
- You can reach Jeremy at: voice: 303-666-4876
- E-mail: jmccaleb@netcom.com
-
- You can reach Alex via QSoft: voice: 303-466-4825 Fax: 303-460-0715
- E-mail: groeneve@alumni.cs.colorado.edu
-
- Other WinTutor Courses
-
- We have developed several other multimedia products on topics such as
- the Internet, Lotus 1-2-3, and Microsoft Office. Contact Paragon
- Consultants for more information.
-
- We Can Develop Custom Courses
-
- We can build the same high quality multimedia training that you see on
- this CD for your Windows software product. Contact Paragon Consultants
- for details.