The Quick Tools Software

This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to supplement the Quick Tools documentation. You can also look at the Quick Tools Online Web site for the latest information.

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CONTENTS:

1	LICENSE
2	SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
3	SETUP (installing Quick Tools)
4	REMOVE (Uninstalling Quick Tools)
5	PROGRAMM SUPPORT AND CONTACTING AUTHOR

LICENSE

The Quick Tools software is FREEWARE. This means:
•	All copyrights to Quick Tools are exclusively owned by Oleg Chensky.
•	All rights not expressly granted here are reserved by Oleg Chensky.
•	Anyone may use this software.
•	The Quick Tools version may be freely distributed provided the distribution package is not modified. No person or company may charge a fee for the distribution of Quick Tools without written permission from the copyright holder. 
•	THIS SOFTWARE IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS". NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
•	You may not use, copy, emulate, clone, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed program, or any subset of the licensed program, except as provided for in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license and may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution.
•	Installing and using Quick Tools signifies acceptance of these terms and conditions of the license.
•	If you do not agree with the terms of this license you must remove Quick Tools files from your storage devices and cease to use the product.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To run Quick Tools software, your system must meet the following minimum requirements:

•	A 486 with a 66 MHz processor (Pentium processor recommended)
•	Windows 95 (Windows 98SE recommended) or Windows NT4 (Service Pack 3  recommended)
•	Keyboard and/or Mouse

The Quick Tools software is compatible with Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/ME/NT4/2000/XP.

SETUP (Installing Quick Tools)

Important! If you've got Quick Tools not from our web page, but from the other source (magazine CD or some software library), please visit our home page http://qtools.incom-service.de - you'll probably find the later version; usually, we release the updates about once a month.

To install Quick Tools, just run the qtsetup.exe file and follow the instructions. You'll need to select the target directory.

REMOVE (Uninstalling Quick Tools)

You can uninstall Quick Tools by carrying out the following steps:

1.	In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
2.	Click Quick Tools, and then click Add/Remove.
3.	Follow the instructions on your screen.

PROGRAMM SUPPORT AND CONTACTING AUTHOR

Before you contact us, please do the following: 

•	Be sure that you're doing everything right. We all make mistakes sometimes. Be attentive. 
•	Take a look at the Help: it may already contain an answer to your question. A lot of people ask us something like "How do I…", though the complete information is there (in the document you're reading now). 
•	Visit Quick Tools home page in the Internet at http://qtools.incom-service.de. It's a good chance that you'll find the newer version of Quick Tools there; we're trying to update the program once a month or even more frequently - when our stuff is not on vacations, of course. Also, if the serious bug has been found in the program, but the new version is not ready yet, we make the hot fix for it.

If You still have a problem with Quick Tools and noting else helps, please contact technical support stuff at: qtools@incom-service.de
Please inform us about the following:
•	Quick Tools version (from General tab in Quick Tools Properties window) 
•	Quick Tools registration name (if you're a registered user) - this will help us to process Your request faster where did You get Quick Tools (http or ftp site) 
•	Windows version (including service packs and other fixes installed), US or international, OEM or not 
•	Computer information: CPU type and speed, amount of memory installed 
•	Description of Your problem (as much information as possible to retrieve the problem) any additional information, which may help (any languages are available).

In order to get the complete computer information (working under Windows 98), open the Control Panel, click on "System" applet and press "Print" on "Device Manager" tab.
We'll try to help you as fast as possible, usually in one or two business days.

If you have any comments or suggestions for the next releases, please feel free to post them to us. 

Homepage:	http://qtools.incom-service.de
E-mail:		qtools@incom-service.de

© 1996 - 2002 Oleg Chensky and The Quick Tools Team.