Complete Guide To Gardening *MPC README* Welcome to Complete Guide To Gardening! Please read the following information before you explore Complete Guide To Gardening. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS _ MPC system _ 486SX or better _ 8mb RAM required _ DOS 3.1 or later _ Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 _ 3.4mb free hard drive space _ MPC compatible CD-ROM drive _ SVGA display (256 colors), audio board, and mouse _ Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions 2.2 or later COMMON MULTIMEDIA CONSIDERATIONS Please set your Windows Wallpaper, Background and Screen Saver to "" before running this program. You can find these in the "Desktop" Control Panel. Running other applications or TSRs simultaneously with Complete Guide To Gardening can cause various conflicts. If you do experience any problems, quit any other applications and end any tasks before you run Complete Guide To Gardening again. (You can easily be do this by bringing up the Task List [Ctrl-Esc], selecting any entries other than Program Manager, and choosing End Task for each selection.) In addition to requiring 8 megabytes of built in RAM, we recommend that you have at least 6,000kb of free memory. To check the amount of free memory currently available to Windows, select the 'Help' menu in Program Manager and select 'About Program Manager'. At the bottom of the information screen, the 'Memory' will be listed (in kilobytes). If this number is below 6000kb, you will need to turn on or increase the size of the Virtual Memory swap file. Please refer to your Windows manuals for instructions on how to do this. General Installation Instructions: ---------------------------------- The following are instructions for installing Complete Guide to Gardening on your hard drive. This procedure installs a few small files onto your hard drive that allow you to run our program. Please note that after installing, the CD must be in the CD-ROM drive whenever you wish to run Complete Guide to Gardening. - WINDOWS 3.1 - 1. Insert the Complete Guide to Gardening CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. From Program Manager, select RUN from the FILE menu. 3. Type D:\setup (where D is the letter name of your CD-ROM) and click OK. 4. Answer all installation questions that appear on the screen. 5. Before the Complete Guide to Gardening installation is complete, it will check to see if you have Video for Windows Version 1.1 or later already installed on your system. If you do not, the Video for Windows installation program will begin. 6. Once the installation is complete, you will be asked to restart Windows. Click the 'Yes' button to restart Windows. 7. To start Complete Guide to Gardening once you are back in (Program Manager), open the 'Multicom Publishing' program group and double-click on the Complete Guide to Gardening icon. - WINDOWS 95 - 1. Insert the Complete Guide to Gardening CD into the CD-ROM drive. (If your system is Autoplay enabled the setup program will run automatically. If this does not occur follow the steps below.) 2. Go to the START menu on the taskbar and click RUN. 3. Type D:\setup (where D is the letter name of your CD-ROM drive) and click OK. 4. Answer all installation questions. 5. Once the installation is complete, you will be prompted to finish the installation. At this point you can check the boxes to view the readme file and launch the program, or just click finish to exit. Follow step 6 to start the program if you choose not to launch the program at this point. 6. To start Complete Guide to Gardening go the START menu and select Programs, Multicom, Complete Guide to Gardening. Notes on Uninstallation: ----------------------------- - Windows 3.1 - - Open the Multicom Program Group. - Double click on the "Uninstall Complete Guide to Gardening " icon. - Click OK to confirm the uninstall procedure. - Click OK when the uninstall program is completed. - Windows 95 - - Click on the Start Menu button. - Click on Settings -> Control Panel to open the Control Panels. - Double click on the Add/Remove Programs icon. - Click on "Complete Guide to Gardening" and click the ADD/REMOVE button. - Click OK to confirm the uninstall procedure. - Click OK when the uninstall program is completed. TROUBLE-SHOOTING In our installation program we have included some tools to assist you in case you run into difficulties. If you do run into problems trying to run Complete Guide To Gardening, repeat steps 1 and 2 above. This time, however, you can select 'Info' or 'MPC' to help you determine what the problem may be. -Video Problems- If you experience visual problems with Complete Guide To Gardening, switch your video display to 640x480 resolution with 256 colors. (Refer to your video card manual for instructions on how to do this.) If you are already using the 640x480/256 color mode, contact the video card manufacturer to make sure you have the most recent version of their video display driver. -Audio Problems- If you experience audio problems with Complete Guide To Gardening, you can test your sound card with the MPC testing tools on the installation program (See 'Trouble-shooting' above). If you are unable to play a midi file or a wave file, you may have a problem with your sound card driver installation. If this is the case, refer to the manual for your sound card. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ------------------------------------------------ For free technical support, call our offices in Seattle, WA at (800) 850-7272 or (206) 622-5530 during the following hours: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am -7:30pm (Pacific Time) Sat. 9am - 5pm Sun. 10am - 4pm We can also be contacted via: Fax: 206-622-4380 E-mail: techsupport@multicom.com