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1. I assume you are running Windows 95 together with the Microsoft Plus! companion for Windows 95.
2. Create a folder called "Sinatra" (without the quotation marks) off the Themes folder in the Plus! section of the Program Files. ie the folder should be accessable thus -
C:/Program Files/Plus!/Themes/Sinatra.
3. Place the "Sinatra Theme" file in the Themes folder and place all other files from the Theme Disk in the Sinatra folder. If the theme disk contains "MYOSS22.ZIP" and "SCREEN SAVER README.TXT", then be aware that these should NOT be placed in the Sinatra folder. Read the SCREEN SAVER README.TXT file (if included) for futher information.
4. Unzip the "FSBMP.ZIP" file in the Sinatra folder.
5. Back to the desktop, press Start/Settings/Control Panel/Control Panel.
6. Choose Desktop Themes
7. Save you current desktop configuration under a name of your choice (eg. My Theme) - this will ensure that, should you wish to do so, you will be able to return to your original configuration.
8. Select Sinatra and click Apply. Hopefully, your Sinatra Theme is now installed on your computer. You may, however, wish to check that the following installation has occured.
9. Select pointers. The following should be "ticked" and have the following as their cursors:
Normal Select - Sinatra.cur
Help Select - Sinatra record with pointer.cur
Working In Background - Sinatra metronom.cur
Busy - Sinatra piano.cur
Precision Select - Sinatra beam.cur
Text Select - Sinatra select.cur
Handwriting - Sinatra pen.cur
Unavailable - Sinatra unavailable.cur
Vertical resize - Sinatra vertical.cur
Horizontal resize - Sinatra horizontal.cur
Diagonal resize1 - Sinatra diagonal1.cur
Diagonal resize2 - Sinatra diagonal2.cur
Move - Sinatra move.cur
Alternate select - Sinatra precision.cur
10. If the pointers are not as above then choose Mouse in Control Panel - click to Pointers and browse the Sinatra folder till you find the correct cursor.
11. Back to the Control Panel and choose Sounds. The following use WAV files found in the Sinatra folder.
Asterisk - Sinatra take 1.wav
Critical Stop - Sinatra deny.wav
Exit Windows - Sinatra goodbye.wav
Maximize - Sinatra hey hey.wav
Minimize - Sinatra take 1.wav
Money transaction - Sinatra money.wav
New Mail Notification - Sinatra you got mail.wav
Program Error - Sinatra help2.wav
Question - Sinatra question.wav
Restore down - Sinatra take 1.wav
Restore up - Sinatra hey hey.wav
Ringin - Sinatra ringin.wav
Ringout - Sinatra ringout.wav
Start Windows - Sinatra hi_there.wav
12. If the sound files are not as above then browse the Sinatra folder and choose the correct sound. Note: there *may* be other sounds chosen for other tasks as well, but don't worry about them.
13. Back to Control Panel - Choose Desktop Themes. Do a quick check of everything, save any changes you have made (under the name Sinatra) and click Apply.
14. There are other sounds and cursors in the Sinatra folder that have not been used in this Theme. You *may* find other uses for them. For example, there is a MIDI file of "All Or Nothing At All" which I play when Norton Utilities is defragmenting my hard drive.
15. There are also some icons of Sinatra profiles - one is used as the My Computer icon, and all are named "Sinatra my computer icon-xx" and are numbered 01 through 16. Change them around as you wish. Remember, most icons on your Desktop can be changed by right clicking your mouse over the icon you want to change, selecting "Properties", then "Shortcut", and then clicking the "Change Icon" button. I find the icons included with this theme are best displayed when the screen resolution is 800x600.
Hope you enjoy the theme.
Bill Weeden
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