NETSCAPE GOLD PERSONAL EDITION VERSION 3.0 For Windows 3.1x and Windows 95 README.TXT ______________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS * What's New in Netscape Gold Personal Edition 3.0 * Installation Instructions * Known Problems in this Release of Netscape Gold Personal Edition * About Your New Internet Account. * Information about Netscape Navigator Gold 3.0 ______________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S NEW IN NETSCAPE GOLD PERSONAL EDITION 3.0 * Netscape Navigator Gold 3.0 with Plugins * Internet Startup, a multi-media program that introduces you to the Internet, explains what you need to get connected, and installs Netscape Personal Edition and other cool software. * Under Windows 3.x, improved connection performance and reliablity. * Under Windows 95, Account Setup Wizard launched directly from the installer, to help guide you through the setup process. * Ability to publish web pages using a "Gold Publisher" account which you can set up through the Netscape Internet Account Registration server. ______________________________________________________________________ INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Windows 95: * Close any open applications. * Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. An interactive shell will begin automatically. * Click the "Install Personal Edition" icon to run the Install Wizard, and follow the instructions on your screen. * To Uninstall Netscape Gold Personal Edition, select Settings|Control Panel from the Windows 95 Start Menu. Then select Add / Remove Programs from the Control Panel. Select Netscape Personal Edition Gold from the list of installed programs, and click the Add / Remove button. Windows 3.1: * Close any open applications. * Insert your CD. From the Program Manager, select File | Run. Enter the command D:\install.exe If your CD-ROM is not installed on drive D:\, type the letter of your CD-ROM drive instead of D:\. * The interactive shell will begin. * Click the "Install Personal Edition" icon to run the Install Wizard, and follow the instructions on your screen. * To uninstall Netscape Gold Personal Edition, select File | Run from Program Manager and enter the command c:\netscape\uninst\nuninst.exe If you installed Netscape Gold Personal Edition into another directory path than the one above, enter that path instead. After running nuninst.exe, you must run the Install Wizard again if you wish to use Netscape Gold Personal Edition, even if you click "No" on the uninstaller's confirmation dialog. ______________________________________________________________________ KNOWN PROBLEMS IN THIS RELEASE OF NETSCAPE GOLD PERSONAL EDITION INTERNET STARTUP * You must have at least a 256 color display. If you do not have a 256 color display, you may still install Netscape Personal Edition: From the Windows 3.1 Program Manager, select File | Run. Under Windows 95, select the Start Menu | Run. Enter the command: D:\PEINSTL\SETUP.EXE If your CD-ROM is not installed on drive D:\, type the letter of your CD-ROM drive instead of D:\. * You are required to install Netscape Navigator Personal Edition first, before installing the accompanying plug-ins. * When installing plug-ins, the Internet Startup Shell will search for an installed Netscape.exe file. If this file is not found, you will be prompted to 'Please locate your copy of Netscape Navigator (Netscape.exe). Select 'OK.' Next, you will be prompted with a browsing dialog that will allow you to search for the installed Netscape.exe file. If you installed Netscape Navigator Personal Edition3.0 to its default location, the .exe file can be found in the following directories: Win3.1: c:\Netscape\netscape.exe Win95: c:\Program Files\Netscape\Navigator\Program\netscape.exe Once you have located Netscape.exe, select it and hit 'OK.' The install process will begin for the selected plug-in.(after netscape.exe is found, the shell will remember the location of the file unless you EXIT). "INSTALL MORE COOL SOFTWARE" contains: ------------------------------------- -PCN PointCastNetwork -Inso WordViewer -Visual Components' Formula One/NET -Macromedia's Shockwave5.0 -ASAP WebShow -EasyPhoto -Infoaccess' Net Transit -Inso CyberSpell -Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus Internet Scanner. * If you run the PointCastNetwork's uninstaller, the PointCast Network screen saver is not disabled. To change your screen saver: 1. In the Main Program Group, select Control Panel. 2. Double-click on the Desktop icon. 3. Change the screen saver to (None) or select a different screen saver. 4. Click the OK button to save your Desktop preferences. EJECTING the CD: * Always press the Exit button to close Internet Startup. Do not remove the CD from your CD-ROM drive while Internet Startup is running. If you remove the CD while Internet Startup is still running, Windows will display error dialogs. Put the CD back into your computer, and press the Enter key to dismiss any error dialogs. INSTALL WIZARD, ACCOUNT SETUP WIZARD, AND DIALER * Windows 3.1 * If you are upgrading from a previous version of Netscape Personal Edition, you should install Netscape Personal Edition in the same location as your old version. The Install Wizard will prompt you to install on top of your previous version. If you choose to install in a different directory, you may find that you cannot log into your Internet Service Provider. Follow these steps to log into your Internet account. 1. In Program Manager, select your dialer file. Select File | Properties. The "Command Line" will show you the path to your dialer file. (Your dialer file should have a file name that ends with ".SR" and should be in a directory called "dialer".) 2. Change the path in the Command Line to point to your new dialer directory. For example, if your old version was installed in a directory called "C:\OldStuff" and you installed Netscape Personal Edition 3.0 in "C:\NewStuff", you should change your command line from "C:\OldStuff\Dialer\MyISP.SR" to "C:\NewStuff\Dialer\MyISP.SR" * If Personal Edition 1.1 is installed on your system, the Install Wizard will ask you to deinstall Personal Edition 1.1. Clicking the "Back" button will deinstall your old version of Personal Edition. If you do not wish to uninstall, click Cancel. * If your modem is not listed in Modem Wizard's list of modems, first try the Hayes compatible setting. If the "Hayes compatible" setting does not work, try the "Generic" setting. * By default, the dialer adds "1" plus the area code to numbers outside your area code. To change this behavior: 1. Double-click on your ISP's dialer icon. 2. Click the "Properties..." button. 3. The Locations tab should be displayed. At the bottom of the dialog, there are two checkboxes. 4. Click the "Dial a 1 for long distance" checkbox to turn on or off dialing 1. 5. Click the "Dial area code" checkbox to turn on or off dialing the area code. * Windows 95 * If you have configured Microsoft TCP/IP to use DNS (Domain Name Service), you may not be able to connect to internet hosts through your Dial-Up Networking connection. Your Dial-Up Networking connection contains its own fields for your ISP's name servers, which will be not be used if you have specified name servers in your Microsoft TCP/IP configuration. The Account Setup Wizard will warn you if you have configured Microsoft TCP/IP to use DNS. If you see this warning, double-click the Online Books icon in your Navigator program group. Under "Tips, Techniques and Troubleshooting," for Windows 95 users, read the topic on "DNS configuration in Windows 95" to either modify or disable DNS. ______________________________________________________________________ ABOUT YOUR NEW INTERNET ACCOUNT After you use Netscape Personal Edition to create a new account on an Internet Service Provider, you should be able to use your new account immediately to read news and view pages on the World Wide Web. If you are unable to send or receive mail after creating a new account on an Internet Service Provider, please contact your new Internet Service Provider's technical support. ______________________________________________________________________ ====================================================================== Netscape Navigator Gold 3.0 for Windows ====================================================================== Netscape Navigator Gold 3.0 is subject to the terms detailed in the license agreement accompanying it. Release notes for this version of the Netscape Navigator Gold are available online. After starting the program and connecting to your service provider, choose Release Notes from the Help menu. This will take you to the following URL: http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/relnotes/windows-3.0Gold.html New features and known problems in this release are listed at this location. To submit bugs or other feedback, choose How To Give Feedback option (also in the "Help" menu), which will take you to this URL: http://cgi.netscape.com/cgi-bin/auto_bug.cgi To view a list of frequently asked questions on CoolTalk go to this URL: http://monkey/livemedia/support/ct/ct_faq.html * For Win95 users, if you are using any versions of Netscape Navigator Gold prior to this release, you will get multiple uninstall entries in your Add/Remove program. If you prefer not having multiple entries, you should do an uninstall to remove your previous version of Netscape Navigator Gold before you install the new release. * Please delete or rename your old CACHE directory and Netscape.hst file. =====================================================================