WINSTONE® 99 VERSION 1.2 README
This is the ReadMe file for Winstone® 99 Version 1.2. You can view this file from the Windows® WordPad or Microsoft® Word for Windows programs. This file contains the Winstone 99 license agreement, installation instructions, important notes, known problems, and any other late-breaking information about Winstone 99. Before you run Winstone 99, you must first read and agree to the license agreement.
This ReadMe file includes the following sections:
•	License agreement for ZD’s Winstone® 99 version 1.2 
•	How Winstone 99® version 1.2 differs from version 1.0
•	Installing and Uninstalling Winstone 99 version 1.2 
•	The most recent Winstone 99 information
•	Important Winstone 99 notes
•	Setting up FrontPage to run with Winstone 99
•	Known problems in Winstone 99 version 1.2 
•	Automatic error handling
•	The Winstone 99 base machine
•	On-line documentation
•	Contacting ZDBOp 
•	Trademarks
•	Copyrights
LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR ZD’S WINSTONE® 99 VERSION 1.2
READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE EMBODIED IN THE WINSTONE® 99 VERSION 1.2 CD-ROM OR, IF PRELOADED ON YOUR HARD DISK, DOWNLOADED OR IF PROVIDED AS PART OF A COLLECTION, THE PRELOADED, DOWNLOADED OR COLLECTED FILE(S) (the “Media”). Embodied in the Winstone® 99 Media is the Winstone® 99 computer program and related documentation (the “Winstone® 99 Program”) and application programs and related documentation (the “Application Programs”). The Winstone® 99 Program and the Application Programs are collectively referred to herein as the “Software.” ZD Inc., having a place of business at 28 East 28th Street, New York, New York 10016 (“ZD”), is the licensor under this Agreement and you are the licensee. By using the Software, in whole or in part, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, promptly return the Software to ZD Benchmark Operation at 1001 Aviation Parkway, Suite 400, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560 (or, if downloaded or preloaded on your hard disk, delete the Software, or if provided as part of a collection, cease use of the Software). Title to the Winstone® 99 Program and all copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary rights therein are owned by ZD. All rights therein, except those expressly granted to you in this Agreement, are reserved by ZD. Title to each of the Application Programs, and all copyright, trade secrets and other proprietary rights therein, are owned by the publishers of the Application Programs. All rights in the version of each Application Program embodied in the CD-ROM (or if preloaded on your hard disk or downloaded or if provided as part of a collection, in the preloaded, downloaded or collected files(s)), except those expressly granted to you in this Agreement and to ZD, are reserved by the publisher of that Application Program. 

1.	Limited License
This Agreement grants you only limited rights to use the Software. ZD grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use the Software on a single dedicated computer or on a file server networked with multiple PC computers for the sole purpose of conducting benchmark tests to measure the performance of computer hardware and operating system configurations. The Software is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Therefore, you must treat the Software like any other copyrighted material and, other than installing the Software pursuant to the license granted above, you are prohibited from copying the Software. If you install the Software, you shall keep any original CD-ROM solely for backup or archival purposes. The only right you are granted with respect to the use of the Application Programs is the right to use such Application Programs only in conjunction with the Winstone® 99 Program and only when the Winstone® 99 Program is running.
Any and all other uses and reproductions (except for the making of an archival copy of Winstone® 99) of such Application Programs as part of the Software are outside the scope of the license granted to you hereunder and are prohibited under the terms and conditions hereof. By way of example only, and without limiting any of the foregoing, you do not have the right (by electronic transfer or by any other means) to directly or indirectly (or to permit other persons or entities to directly or indirectly) (a) make a copy of any of the Application Programs or part thereof (except for an archival copy as provided above), (b) run, operate or use any of the Application Programs or any portion of any Application Program independently of the Winstone® 99 Program, or (c) publish or distribute any of the Application Programs or any portion of any Application Program (except as required in a network environment as provided above). 
ZD hereby grants you the right to publish, except in any country where a third party claims during the term of this license that such publication infringes that party's proprietary rights, benchmark test results obtained by you from your use of the Software provided that with the publication of each such result you: 
A.	Identify ZD, the name and version number of the benchmark Software used (i.e., ZD's Winstone® 99 Version 1.2);
B.	State that the test was performed without independent verification by ZD and that ZD makes no representations or warranties as to the result of the test; 
C.	Follow proper trademark usage and acknowledge ZD's trademark rights (e.g., “[ ] achieved an overall Business Winstone 99 score of X Winstone® 99 Version 1.2 units. Winstone® is a registered trademark or trademark of ZD Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.”);
D.	Identify the specific Winstone® 99 score(s) being reported and in all cases include the Business Winstone 99 overall score;
E.	Identify the exact name, processor speed and type, number of processors, amount of RAM, and amount of secondary RAM cache, if any, of the PC used for the test (e.g., WXY Corp. Model 400 with dual 400 MHz Intel Pentium® II CPU, 128MB of RAM, and 512KB L2 RAM cache on each processor); 
F.	Identify the exact graphics adapter name, amount and type of RAM on it, graphics driver name and version, graphics resolution and color depth, and refresh rate that produced the result (e.g., XYZ Corp. XYZ Graphics adapter with 8MB VRAM with XYZ.DRV version 1.23 driver, 1280 by 1024 pixels with 16-bit color, and a refresh rate of 75 Hz);
G.	Identify the exact hard disk drive type and model, hard disk file system, transfer mode used, hard disk controller model, and size of hardware cache if any, and that produced the result (e.g., XYZ Corp. XYZ 14 GB IDE drive using FAT16 and DMA mode 2, and XYZ Corp. hard disk controller with no hardware cache). Identify any software that changes the hard disk drive performance (e.g. XYZ Corp. UltraDMA driver and XYZ Corp XYZ hard drive cache); 
H.	Identify the operating system version and service pack version, if any (e.g., Microsoft® Windows® 95 OSR 2.1 or Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 3), and any other special conditions used to achieve the result (e.g., disk compression utility ABC version 1.0 enabled); and
I.	State that all products used in the test were shipping versions available to the general public.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, and only if, you wish to publish the benchmark test results obtained by using the Software in advertisements, you may do so, provided, that you:
1.	Identify ZD, the name and version number of the benchmark Software used (i.e., ZD's Winstone® 99 Version 1.2) in the advertisement;
2.	State that the test was performed without independent verification by ZD and that ZD makes no representations or warranties as to the result of the test; 
3.	Follow proper trademark usage and acknowledge ZD’s trademark rights (e.g., “[ ] achieved an overall Business Winstone 99 score of X Winstone® 99 Version 1.2 units. Winstone® is a registered trademark or trademark of ZD Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.”);
4.	Identify the specific Winstone® 99 score(s) being reported and in all cases include the Business Winstone 99 overall score in the advertisement; and
5.	Include a statement in the advertisement that a description of the environment under which the test was performed is available upon request and you shall provide a fax number, telephone number, e-mail address or URL on the World Wide Web where such information may be obtained. Upon such request, you shall provide the information required under paragraphs E through I above.
This Agreement and your rights hereunder shall automatically terminate if you fail to comply with any provision of this Agreement. Upon such termination, you shall cease all use of the Software, cease the transfer of any copies of the Software and cease the publication of benchmark test results obtained by you from use of the Software. Further you shall delete the Software and destroy all tangible copies of the Software and other materials related to the Software in your possession or under your control, or, if downloaded or preloaded on your hard disk or if provided as part of a collection, you shall cease use of and destroy any and all copies of the Software in your possession or under your control.
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A.	You shall not (and shall not permit other persons or entities to) rent, lease, sell, sublicense, assign, or otherwise transfer the Software or this Agreement. Any attempt to do so shall be void and of no effect.
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C.	You shall not (and shall not permit other persons or entities to) remove or obscure ZD's copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices or legends from any of the materials contained in this package or downloaded.
D.	You acknowledge that the Software contains ZD's trade secret information and you shall not disclose or disseminate such information other than as provided herein.
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Nothing in this Agreement constitutes a waiver of ZD's rights under U.S. copyright laws or any other Federal, state, local or foreign law. You are responsible for installation, management, and operation of the Software. However, if you have questions or problems regarding the Software or Media, you can write to ZD Benchmark Operation, 1001 Aviation Parkway, Suite 400, Morrisville, NC 27560 Attn: Distribution Coordinator. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the Software and the Media and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, applicable to agreements made and performed in New York. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and the unenforceable provision shall be reformed without further action by the parties and only to the extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable and to achieve the like economic intent and effect of such provision.
HOW WINSTONE® 99 VERSION 1.2 DIFFERS FROM VERSION 1.0
Winstone 99 Version 1.2 updates Version 1.1
Winstone 99 version 1.2 is a minor upgrade to Winstone 99 version 1.1 that allows the Winstone 99 test suites to run on Microsoft Windows 2000. None of the changes affect scores, so you can compare your results among Winstone 99 versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2.
When we developed Winstone 99 versions 1.0 and 1.1, we tested them with the latest beta of Windows 2000 that Microsoft had released at that time. Since then, Microsoft has made changes to the operating system that revealed an error in our routine for launching Winstone test applications. We also found an error in our Lotus SmartSuite test in Business Winstone 99. The 1.2 version of Winstone 99 corrects those problems so that Business Winstone runs under the current release candidate of Windows 2000 (RC2).

Winstone 99 version 1.2 includes Version 1.1 updates 
Version 1.1 addressed the following problems:
Version 1.1 fixes two errors in the Corel WordPerfect 8 test of the Business Winstone 99 that occur when running under Windows 2000.. 
Version 1.1 of Winstone also changes the benchmark’s Corel registry settings to avoid a conflict with existing installations of Corel products. This problem, which is unrelated to Windows 2000, had caused the Corel WordPerfect 8 test to halt and display an error message when it encountered the conflict.
Here’s a summary of the other changes you’ll see in Winstone 99 version 1.1:
•	The System Information dialog now reports:
1.	Two additional processors: Intel Pentium III (Katmai), and Intel Pentium II Enhanced (Dixon)
2.	Whether the system has streaming SIMD support
3.	The number of processors on the test machine
You can also enter the L3 cache amount in this dialog.
•	To fit in the new system information, we separated the General tab into two tabs— one labeled CPU and the other labeled Computer. (We didn’t have time to update the Common Contents Help file, so it still refers to the General tab.)The PC Benchmark Results Viewer now opens read-only files.
•	The PC Benchmark Results Viewer lets you open a database file with spaces in its name by double-clicking on the name. Previously, you had to open any file name containing spaces from within the viewer. 
•	Double quotes in the comment field of a results database file no longer cause problems. Before, the viewer corrupted any file that contained double quotes in that field.
•	Winstone 1.2 has many of the UI features of Winstone 2000, including HTML help.

INSTALLING WINSTONE® 99 VERSION 1.2 
If you downloaded the Winstone 99 Version 1.2 upgrade:  
If you’ve downloaded the upgrade for Winstone 99 version 1.2 from the ZDBOp Web site (www.zdbop.com), you must install it on top of your earlier version of Winstone 99. The new version contains a patch that updates an installed Winstone 99 version 1.0 or 1.1 with the changed files for version 1.2. Once you’ve applied the patch, you cannot uninstall the new version to go back to the earlier version. In addition, after you install the new version on top of Winstone 1.0 or 1.1 and you then uninstall Winstone, the benchmark will leave some files (those that are new or changed in version 1.2) on the hard disk. 
If you’re upgrading from Winstone 99 version 1.0:
In version 1.1, we modified files to avoid a conflict with existing installations of Corel products that are a part of the Business support files for Winstone 99 version 1.0. Your installation of Winstone 99 version 1.0 may not include those support files, as their installation is optional. If your installation does include those support files, then this upgrade will update those files. If your installation does not include the support files and you want to install the Corel registry setting fix, then you must do one of three things: 
•	Option 1: Before you install the update, install the Winstone 99 version 1.0 support files on your system. (To install these files , uninstall and then reinstall version 1.0. In the Select Components dialog of the version 1.0 installation program, check Copy Business support files (86MB).) Then install the Winstone 1.2 patch, which updates those files. 
•	Option 2: If you copied the Winstone version 1.0 CD to a server (and used the server rather than the Winstone 1.0 CD as the source of the support files for your PCs running Winstone 99), then you can copy the files to your server. First apply the version 1.2 patch to an installed version 1.0 of Winstone 99.  Then copy two files (CorelOS.WSR and CorelOS9.WSR) from your Winstone installation directory to the Business support files on the server. Those two files are in the directory WS99\TESTS\BUSINESS\APPSETUP. Copy them to the BUSINESS\APPSETUP directory on your server copy of the Winstone 99 version 1.0 CD, replacing the same-named files there.
•	Option 3: Order a CD-ROM of Winstone 99 version 1.2. The Business support files on that CD include the Corel registry setting fix. You’ll find ordering information on our Web site at http://www.zdbop.com.
If you are installing Winstone 99 1.2 from a CD:
If you have Winstone 99 1.0 or 1.1 installed on your computer, uninstall that version before installing Winstone 99 1.2. Follow the instructions below for automatic install or manual install.
Automatic install
If you have AutoPlay enabled in Windows, the benchmark install program starts up when you put the CD-ROM in the drive. At the opening screen, click on “Install Winstone 99.”
Manual install
To install the benchmark from the CD-ROM, run SETUP.EXE from the \ZDBENCH\WS99 directory on the CD-ROM. 
If you want to run the installer program, so you can install other benchmarks on the CD-ROM, run INSTALL.EXE from the CD-ROM's root directory.
Specify the drive and directory
The installation program lets you specify the drive and directory where you want to install the benchmark. We suggest you use the default directory C:\ZDBENCH. This makes it simpler to install and use other ZD benchmarks.
Tip:	If you're installing more than one ZD benchmark, you must put them all into the same directory, preferably C:\ZDBENCH. The setup program dialogs will warn you if you try installing additional ZD benchmarks in other directories.
Unattended install
The batch file SetupAll.bat lets you install all the benchmarks on this CD-ROM at one time. When you execute SetupAll.bat, which is in the root directory on the CD-ROM, it automatically installs each benchmark into the directory C\ZDBENCH\<benchmark-name>. It adds the benchmark name to the program group ZD Benchmarks. When the installation finishes, you’ll see the message “All benchmarks installed on drive C.” 
This method is useful if you want to install the benchmark on a large number of machines and you don’t want to specify the directories, program groups, etc. on each PC.
Starting Winstone 99
Close all other applications and disable any network connections before running Winstone 99. If the PC has the Taskbar set to the Always on top option, change it to Auto Hide.
Display the ZD Benchmarks program menu and choose Winstone 99.
The first time you run Winstone 99, the licensing and registration windows will appear. You must agree to the license terms and register your copy of the software before you can run any tests.
NOTE: 	Make sure your system meets Winstone 99's minimum hardware and software requirements, which are listed later in this file.
Uninstalling Winstone 99
You should always uninstall the benchmark before installing it again. Also, do not uninstall or install while the benchmark is running. 
To uninstall the benchmark:
1.	From the Windows Start menu, click Settings.
2.	From the Settings menu, click Control Panel.
3.	In the Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
4.	Highlight Winstone 99 in the list of installed programs and click the Add/Remove button.
NOTE:	When the uninstaller runs, it will prompt you to delete each shared file. You can click Yes for each file or click Yes to All to delete all the shared files.
What the Uninstall doesn’t remove
Be aware that uninstalling the benchmark doesn't remove all installed items from the hard disk. The following items remain:
•	The RESULTS directory.
•	The UI32 directory because it contains the PC Results Viewer.
•	The ZDBENCH installation directory because it contains the RESULTS directory and the UI32 directory.
•	Any files the user created under ZDBENCH (export files, results files).
•	The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ziff-Davis\PC Benchmarks registry key. The benchmark program will delete and recreate this key the next time you install one of the ZD PC benchmarks.
•	The WS99.INI and ZDBUI32.INI files (although most entries are removed).
NOTE:	If you uninstall the ZD benchmarks in the same order as you installed them, ZDBENCH may contain other empty subdirectories. If you uninstall the benchmarks in the opposite order as you installed them, ZDBENCH should contain no empty subdirectories.
THE MOST RECENT WINSTONE 99 INFORMATION
The ZDNet/World Wide Web Edition always has the up-to-date information on all the ZD benchmarks. Check out www.zdbop.com to get the latest scoop on Winstone 99.
IMPORTANT WINSTONE 99 NOTES
The following list provides information you need to know BEFORE you run Winstone 99. Read these notes before running the software.
1.	You must read and agree to the license information (listed at the beginning of this document) before you run Winstone 99. The license information appears on your PC screen when you first run Winstone 99. If you don't agree to the licensing information, delete all copies of Winstone 99 in your possession or under your control (or cease its use and delete all local copies if you received it as part of a collection of software) and return the media on which you received Winstone 99 and all accompanying materials (including any documentation) to the ZD Benchmark Operation (ZDBOp) at the following address:
ZD Benchmark Operation
1001 Aviation Parkway, Suite 400
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560
2.	Winstone 99's minimum hardware and software requirements include: 
•	For Business Winstone 99, Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows 98 (or later), or Windows NT® 4.0 (build 1381) Service Pack 3 or later. For High-End Winstone 99, Windows NT® 4.0 (build 1381) Service Pack 3 or later. 
•	A P5-166 or higher processor for Business Winstone 99; a P5-233 MMX or higher processor for High-End Winstone 99.
•	28MB RAM available for Business Winstone; 32MB of RAM for High-End Winstone. 
•	10MB of free disk space to install Winstone 99. About 265MB of free disk space to install the optional support files (installing Business Winstone 99 support files requires about 90MB of free space; installing High-End Winstone 99 and the Dual-Processor Inspection Test support files takes about 170MB of free disk space).
•	For working space as the tests run, an additional 115MB free disk space for Business Winstone 99, 350MB free disk space for High-End Winstone 99 or the Dual-Processor Inspection Tests, or 350MB for the All Tests suite.
•	A CD-ROM drive if you're planning to run the tests from the CD-ROM or install the tests from the CD-ROM. 
•	For the High-End Winstone 99 FrontPage 98 test, TCP/IP installed.
•	A monitor with VGA resolution (800x600) or higher (a rotated monitor at 800x600 will not work). For the High-End Winstone 99 tests, 16-bit color.
3.	You need administrator privileges when running on Windows NT 4.0.
4.	We've tested Winstone 99 on the following language versions of Windows 95, OSR2, Windows 98, and Windows NT. We couldn't test some foreign versions of the operating systems because those versions weren't available as of the benchmark's release. To date, we’ve found that Winstone 99 doesn’t run on Dutch versions of Windows NT 4.0 or Polish versions of Windows 98. The following table summarizes our findings.
Languages		Windows 95 	Windows 95 	Windows 98	Windows NT 4.0
					OSR2 
Danish		X		X		X	     	X
Dutch		X		X		X             				
English		X		X		X	     	X
French		X		X		X                	X
German	             X		X		X	    	X
Italian		X		X		X       		X
Norwegian		X		X		X		X
Polish		X		 X				X
Portuguese 		X		X		X		X
(Brazilian)									
Spanish		X		X		X		X
(Latin America)	             						
5.	Winstone 99 is the most recent release of this product. This release differs from previous versions in many important ways. As a result, Winstone 99 results are meaningful only when compared with other Winstone 99 results, not with results from earlier versions.
6.	Because Winstone installs and removes applications as it runs the tests, we do not recommend that you interrupt or halt a running test. If you absolutely must interrupt a test, click the Cancel button as Winstone 99 installs an application's files. If you need to stop a test run immediately, press Ctrl-Alt-Del to quit Winstone 99. Then exit Windows, reboot the PC, restart Windows, and restart Winstone 99. You must restart Winstone 99 so it can run its cleanup program. This program automatically restores the PC's original system files to their pre-test state. You can then run the test suite again.
7.	SETUP.EXE installs a sample results file with a .ZTD extension. This file contains results collected from machines in our research center. These results are only reference points. The best source of official benchmark results continues to be the ZD publications. To view this file:
1.	Click on the Start button to display the Start menu.
2.	From the ZD Benchmarks submenu, choose PC Benchmark Results Viewer.
3.	Click the Open button. 
4.	Go to the ZDBENCH\RESULTS directory.
5.	Select Sample WS.ZTD and click Open.
8.	Use the following command-line option if Winstone 99 fails with an error during initialization: /NOSYSCHECK. This option disables Winstone 99's automatic detection of the System Info fields:
9.	The results for all tests should be repeatable from run to run. Be sure to defragment the hard drive, reboot the PC and restart Windows between test runs for the best repeatability. 
10.	While you can run the individual Business Winstone 99 tests, Winstone 99 does not return individual scores for these tests. In fact, you won’t get a score at all unless you run all three tests. Then Winstone 99 returns the overall Business Winstone 99 suite score.
11.	If you're testing Winstone 99 on notebook or green computers, you should disable any power-saving features for best results. 
12.	In demo mode, Winstone 99 displays a dialog box between runs asking if you want to continue the demo. To stop the demo, click No in this dialog box. To continue the demo, either select Yes or wait 10 seconds for the tests to start again.
13.	Under Windows NT, the System Info dialog will classify some older Cyrix® CPUs as "Unknown Cyrix."
14.	For maximum repeatability, you should run the tests from a .ZDR batch file. The batch file can automatically start the benchmark, run the tests, save results, and display the results. For information on creating a .ZDR batch file, see the "Using batch files" section of the UI help file. 
15.	Winstone 99's version of MicroStation® SE is an unlicensed version that quits after running for 15 minutes. (Although MicroStation SE is unlicensed, Winstone 99 includes it, like all other applications, with the permission of the vendor.) Although the actual test should only run for a few minutes, slow-working graphics adapters may actually bump into the time limit. MicroStation SE displays a warning dialog at the 13-minute mark, which causes Winstone 99 to time out. 
16.	On laptops, some background processes, such as Desktop Management Interface (DMI), may prevent the benchmark from running error-free. Use the Startup Manager in Windows 95 and Windows 98 to disable unwanted processes.
17.	On Windows 95 and Windows 98, you can disable Business Winstone 99's configuration checks. It's easy enough to do; just add the following lines to the ws99.ini file in your Windows folder:
[ZDBOp]
TreatConfigProblemsAsWarnings=TRUE
After you've disabled the configuration checks, however, you risk missing other configuration errors that might affect your ability to run the benchmark successfully and receive an optimal score. We recommend you double-check the configuration information screen for any warnings before you use this workaround.
18.	Windows NT sets a maximum size for the registry. In our research, we found that after installing Internet Explorer 4.0, the registry size swelled to its maximum limit, causing Windows to raise a warning dialog when Winstone 99 attempted to install its registry entries. Workaround: Increase the maximum registry size prior to running the benchmark. 
NOTE: This is not a problem under Windows 95/OSR2. 
	Here’s how to increase registry size:
1)	In Control Panel, double-click System.
2)	In the System Properties dialog box, click the Performance tab.
3)	Click the Change button. This will display the Virtual Memory dialog box.
4)	At the bottom of the Virtual Memory dialog box, enter a new value for "Maximum Registry Size (MB.) If possible, double the current value.
5)	Click OK to exit the Virtual Memory dialog box.
6)	Click OK to exit the System Properties dialog box.
7)	Restart the system. (Windows NT may prompt you to do so anyway.)
SETTING UP FRONTPAGE TO RUN WITH WINSTONE 99
High-End Winstone 99 includes a Microsoft® FrontPage® 98 test. To run this test:
•	The computer must have a valid machine name. This name can be a maximum of eight alphanumeric characters. Don't use any spaces or odd characters in the name. For example, the names such as CPU#1, MachineTest, and Mach Testing1 are invalid because they use odd characters (#), spaces, and exceed the eight-character limit. Valid names would be: CPU1, machtest, or Testing1.
•	TCP/IP services to be loaded on the machine. If you've never installed TCP/IP before, or are curious about how this mysterious affair unravels itself, then the following instructions will get you started. 
Remember: 	All High-End Winstone 99 tests run under Windows NT only. You will need the Windows NT Workstation CD-ROM to perform this installation.
If the system has a Network Interface Card (NIC), here’s how to install TCP/IP:
1.	Place the NT4 Workstation CD-ROM in the drive. 
2.	Right click Network Neighborhood and select Properties. (Or double-click the Network control panel.) 
3.	Click the Protocols tab.
4.	Click Add. 
5.	In the Network Protocol dialog box, choose the TCP/IP Protocol and click OK. 
6.	A TCP/IP Setup window prompt asks if you want to use DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). If your network uses a DHCP server, select Yes. Otherwise, select No and manually enter an IP address.
	The system copies the necessary files from the CD-ROM. 
7.	Click Close in the Network dialog box. 
	When the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties control panel opens, you’ll need to enter an IP address and other IP configuration information. 
8.	Click the IP Address tab and enter an IP address in the appropriate box. The IP address can be either a valid IP number for the subnet the system is attached to, or a private, non-routable IP address. An example of a non-routable IP address would be 10.1.1.10 with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0.You don't need to enter a Default Gateway address. 
9.	Click the DNS tab and enter a Host Name and a Domain Name. The Host Name should be the same as the computer name, which was defined when NT was installed on the computer. You can locate the computer name by clicking the Identification tab in the Network control panel. 
10.	On the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties dialog box's DNS tab, enter either a valid Domain Name for the network the system is attached to or enter a Domain Name such as TEST.COM. 
11.	Click Apply, then click OK. 
12.	Reboot the system when prompted. TCP/IP installation is complete. TCP will now load every time the computer is booted. 

If the system doesn’t have a NIC, install TCP/IP using MS Loopback Adapter:
NOTE: You can use this method even if a NIC is installed.
1.	Place the NT4 Workstation CD-ROM in the drive. 
2.	Right click Network Neighborhood and select Properties. (Or double-click the Network control panel.) 
3.	Click the Adapters tab.
4.	Click Add. 
5.	Scroll down the adapter list and click MS Loopback Adapter. 
6.	Enter a frame type of 802.3 and click OK. 
7.	Click the Protocols tab.
8.	Click Add. 
9.	In the Network Protocol list box, select TCP/IP Protocol and click OK. 
10.	A TCP/IP Setup window asks if you want to use DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). If your network uses a DHCP server, select Yes. Otherwise, select No and manually enter an IP address.
	The system copies the necessary files from the CD-ROM. 
11.	Click Close in the Network control panel. A Microsoft TCP/IP Properties control panel opens.
12.	Click the IP Address tab and enter an IP address in the appropriate box. The IP address can be either a valid IP number for the subnet the system is attached to or a private, non-routable IP address. An example of a non-routable IP address would be 10.1.1.10 with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0. You don't need to enter a Default Gateway address. 
13.	Click the DNS tab and enter a Host Name and a Domain Name. The Host Name should be the same as the computer name, which you defined when you installed NT on the computer. You can locate the computer name by clicking the Identification tab on the Network dialog box. 
14.	Enter either a valid Domain Name for the network the system is attached to or a Domain Name such as TEST.COM. 
15.	Click Apply, then click OK. 
16.	Reboot the system when prompted. 
KNOWN PROBLEMS IN WINSTONE 99 VERSION 1.2 
The following is a list of known problems in Winstone 99 Version 1.2:
1.	While running High-End Winstone 99 under Windows NT 4.0, you may receive a warning that the paging file is too small when running some tests. You can usually ignore the warning and retry the test. Windows NT seems to issue the warning whenever it needs to grow the paging file. To avoid the warning, you should make sure the minimum paging file size is set to three times the size of physical memory (see the System Control Panel) for systems with more than 32MB of memory. For systems with 32MB or less of memory, set the paging file to twice the size of physical memory. We recommend a minimum paging file size of 93 and a maximum size of 160.  
2.	Winstone 99 may have problems running on small monitors that display large resolutions where you must pan to see the entire display. For example, running a 1024x768 resolution on a monitor with only a 640x480 capacity will cause errors.
3.	On systems where a Web server was installed, Winstone 99 timed out after FrontPage displayed the following error message: "FrontPage has detected a web server conflict on Port 90 which has server extensions for the FrontPage Web Server but is running a Microsoft-PWS/2.0 server. FrontPage requires that you install the FrontPage Server extensions on this new server before using it. Would you like to see help on how to do this?"
	Workaround: Close down any running Web servers before running the FrontPage test.
4.	We've found a case where we get an error message in Quattro Pro if the test system has an older version of msvcrt.dll. If you get an error message in Corel: "Window is not open. Got To. ID = 1024," you may have an older version of msvcrt.dll. We've seen this problem on Windows 95/OSR2.1 on a machine that had version 4.0 of msvcrt.dll dated 8/24/96. 
	Workaround: Install a newer version of msvcrt.dll on your system. The version that we include on the CD in the business/windows/corelos directory will work. 
5.	Occasionally, Winstone 99 may have a problem running the Business/Corel WordPerfect 8 test, which is part of the Business Winstone 99 suite. This error causes WordPerfect to halt with a portion of the writing tools dialog box visible on the screen. In addition, the operating system displays an error message saying the program has performed an illegal operation. To recover, clear the warning by clicking on Cancel. Winstone 99 then begins cleaning up. If during the clean-up procedure, you see the warning: "Unable to delete GI80.dll. The file may be in use," you’ll need to bring up the task list or process list and manually kill the process pfppop80.exe. Once you’ve killed this process, press Retry in the clean-up dialog box, and Winstone 99 will finish cleaning up.
6.	We’ve found a problem where Winstone 99 crashes when you run the Dual-Processor Inspection Tests suite or the individual High-End Visual C++ 5.0 MP test on a PC running F-PROT Professional for Windows NT. This problem occurs only with the multiple processor test (Visual C++ 5.0 MP); it does not happen with the Visual C++ test that is part of the High-End Winstone 99 suite. When you run Business Winstone 99 and High-End Winstone 99, you won’t see this problem. 
	Workaround: Remove F-PROT from the PC if you want to run the Dual-Processor Inspection Tests suite or an individual Visual C++ 5.0 MP test.
7.	The “Winstone 99 – All Tests” batch file assumes that the benchmark is installed to C:\ZDBENCH. If you installed Winstone 99 in a different directory, you need to edit this batch file.
AUTOMATIC ERROR HANDLING 
Winstone 99 lets you specify in advance what to do if it hits an error during a test. This feature means you can set the benchmark to automatically retry a test that halts because of an error.
To use this feature, go to the Common tab in the Test Settings dialog box and check options you want. Your choices are:
•	How many times do you want the benchmark to retry the test if an error occurs? The default is one, but you can enter any integer you like. 
•	If the retry fails, do you want the benchmark to skip that test or do you want it to halt all testing and display the error message? (Regardless of which option you choose, you’ll always have a record of the error because the benchmark writes all error messages to the ERRORS.TXT file.)
NOTE:	See the on-line help file for Winstone 99 for more information. 
THE WINSTONE 99 BASE MACHINE
Business Winstone and High-End Winstone have the same base machine, a Dell Dimension XPS P5-233 MMX with 32MB of SD RAM. The screen resolution is 1024x768 using 24-bit color. Because Winstone 99 supports High-End Winstone applications only under NT, the base machine's operating system is NT. 
ON-LINE DOCUMENTATION
Winstone 99 Version 1.2 comes with the following on-line documentation:
README.RTF
This is the file you're reading right now. In this file, you'll find the Winstone 99 license agreement and any late-breaking information. You should read this information before you install or run Winstone 99. You'll find this file in the \ZDBENCH\WS99 directory.
ON-LINE HELP
There are two kinds of Help files in Winstone 99. 
•	The Winstone 99 help. This help file information specific to this benchmark. Where a task is one that all the benchmarks perform, this help file refers you to the Common Contents help file for an explanation.
•	The Common Contents help. Because the PC benchmarks share the same user interface (UI) and Results Viewer, we've put interface-specific help in its own file. This is the information you see when you choose Contents from the Help menu. This help includes such information creating batch files, saving results, using the Table of Results and Results Viewer.
You can access both these help files from the Winstone 99 Help menu.
HTML PAGES ON THE WEB
All of the Winstone 99 documentation is available in HTML format from the ZDBOp Web site. The Winstone 99 home page is at http://www.zdbop.com/pcdocs/wshome.htm. These pages contain the information in both the Winstone 99 help file and the Common Contents help file. The documentation page “The Latest Winstone News” always lists any changes we’ve made to Winstone since its release. You’ll find this page at:
http://www.zdbop.com/pcdocs/ws1about/s1new.htm 

CONTACTING ZDBOP
If you have problems installing or running Winstone 99, send a Problem Report Form to Winstone 99 Technical Support at ZDBOp. You can find a Problem Report Form on the ZDBOp Web site (http://www.zdbop.com).
You can send the Problem Report Form to us in a variety of ways, though we can answer your questions more quickly if you use email. Fill out the form and send it via:
•	Email to zdbopwebmaster@zd.com
•	Fax to 919-380-2879
•	Mail to 
ZD Benchmark Operation
1001 Aviation Parkway
Suite 400
Morrisville, N.C. 27560 
ATTN: Winstone 99 Tech Support
If you want a quicker response, please include your email address or fax number.
When you send the Problem Report Form to us, it helps us a lot if you include the following information:
•	Exactly what was the benchmark doing when the problem occurred (if you know)?
•	If there were any dialog boxes or messages on the screen, what were they?
•	When you started the test, did the benchmark display its Warning dialog box? If so, which items in the box were checked with a yellow x and which ones were checked with a red x?
•	Can you reproduce the problem?
•	Can you send us the PC's system information? Look for the file SYSINFO.INI in the ZDBENCH directory; the file contains lots of configuration information about the benchmark and your system. You can email or fax this information to us.
•	Can you send us the ERRORS.TXT file? This file is created in the \ZDBENCH directory where you installed the benchmark. The file contains a list of all error messages the benchmark reported. You can fax this information to us or you can include it in a message to Technical Support. 
The Problem Report Form provides space for you to answer these questions. If you don't want to send in a Problem Report Form, please include the above information in any email, faxes, or other communications you send to us.
TRADEMARKS 
MacBench®, NetBench®, ServerBench®, WinBench®, and Winstone® are registered trademarks and 3D WinBench™, Audio WinBench™, BatteryMark™, CD WinBench™, CPUmark™, WebBench™, WinMark™, ZDigit™, and ZDNet™ are trademarks of ZD Inc.
1-2-3® and Lotus® are registered trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation.
AVS/Express is a registered trademark and AVS is a trademark of Advanced Visual Systems Inc. 
Corel®, QuattroPro®, and WordPerfect® are registered trademarks of Corel Corporation
Cyrix® is a registered trademark of Cyrix Corporation. 
Dell® is a registered trademark and Dell Dimension™ is a trademark of Dell Computer Corporation.
Encarta®, Microsoft®, MS-DOS®, PowerPoint®, Visual C++®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks and ActiveMovie™, DirectDraw™, Direct3D™, and DirectX™ are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Indeo®, Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks and MMX™ is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
InstallShield™ is a trademark of InstallShield Corporation, Inc.
MicroStation® is a registered trademark of Bentley Systems, Inc.
Netscape®, Netscape Navigator®, and the Netscape N logo are registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Sound Forge® is a registered trademark of Sonic Foundry, Incorporated.
Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. 
Copyrights
WinBench 99 Version 1.2 Ó 1999. Winstone 99 Version 1.2 Ó 1999, 3D WinBench 99 Version 1.2 © 1999, Audio WinBench Version 1.0 © 1998, BatteryMark Version 3.0 © 1999, CD WinBench 99 Version 1.0 © 1998, ZD Inc. All rights reserved.
AVS Express version 3.4 © 1998. Advanced Visualization Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
PSAPI.DLL Ó 1997-1996. Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
InstallShield © 1990-1997, InstallShield Corporation, Inc. All rights reserved.
Microsoft© Access version 97© 1989-1995. Microsoft Excel 97© 1998-1995. Microsoft PowerPoint version 7.0 © 1998-1995. Microsoft Word version 7.0 © 1998-1995. Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Photoshop 4.0 © 1996 Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe Premiere 4.2 © 1995 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. 
Sound Forge version 4.0 © 1997, Sonic Foundry, Inc.