IMPORTANT INSTALLATION INFORMATION

Previous CyPics Users
     If you are upgrading CyPics from V3.1 or earlier then before proceeding further uninstall your existing CyPics installation from Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. If you cannot find an uninstall option here then download the small uninstall program from http://www.cywarp.com/DownloadCypics.asp#Uninstall. See below for further details.

Windows 2000, ME and XP
     Your system is ready for immediate installation.

Windows 95, 98 & NT4 Users
     CyPics installation requires that the following Microsoft packages are installed on your computer:
•	Microsoft DCOM 95 [Win '95 only]
•	Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) [Win 95, 98 & NT4]
These packages are standard with Windows 2000, ME and XP

Please read the information at: 
•	http://www.cywarp.com/installation.asp
or just download and install all pre-requisistes with
•	http://www.cywarp.com/Downloads/CyPicsPreReq.exe

Supplementary Information on DCOM and MDAC
     Windows 95 users require Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM '95) as a prerequisite to installing MDAC, DCOM '95 is available from:
	
	http://www.microsoft.com/com/tech/dcom.asp

The application, CyPics uses the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) to provide support for Microsoft Access Databases. CyPics requires MDAC V2.1 to V2.5. For use of V2.6 or later see the installation page http://www.cywarp.com/installation.asp#MDAC.

MDAC is available for download from:

	http://www.microsoft.com/data/

CyPics will not install on your system without this package already installed.

Previous CyPics Users

CyPics version 3.1 and earlier used an early version of Windows Installer technology which was giving a few problems across multiple platforms. V3.5.x does not use windows installer so it is desirable to remove of all traces of it by de-installing it first. The install upgrade also gave the opportunity to bundle in the installation of the autorun CD components as a single download without a size penalty.
 
V3.5 will automatically upgrade the database to the latest format which is not backwards compatible to 3.1. If you require the option to go back you should take a copy. You cannot have both 3.1 and 3.5 installed on a machine concurrently and have both work. You can however uninstall one and install the other.

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