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______________________________________________________________________
NETSCAPE PERSONAL EDITION VERSION 3.0
For Windows 3.1x and Windows 95
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CONTENTS
* What's New in Netscape Personal Edition 3.0
* Installation Instructions
* Known Problems in this Release of Netscape Personal Edition
* About Your New Internet Account
* About Netscape Navigator 3.0
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WHAT'S NEW IN NETSCAPE PERSONAL EDITION 3.0
* 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.
* Netscape Navigator 3.0 with Plugins
* 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.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Windows 95:
* Close any open applications.
* Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. Internet Startup will begin
automatically.
* Click the "Install Personal Edition" icon to run the Install Wizard,
and follow the instructions on your screen.
* To Uninstall Netscape 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
from the list of installed programs, and click the Add / Remove
button.
Windows 3.1:
* Close any open applications.
* Insert your CD. To start Internet Startup, select File | Run from
Program Manager. 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:\.
* Click the "Install Personal Edition" icon to run the Install Wizard,
and follow the instructions on your screen.
* To uninstall Netscape Personal Edition, select File | Run from
Program Manager and enter the command:
c:\netscape\uninst\nuninst.exe
After running nuninst.exe, you must run the Install Wizard again
if you wish to use Netscape Personal Edition, even if you click
the "No" button on the uninstaller's confirmation dialog.
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KNOWN PROBLEMS IN THIS RELEASE OF NETSCAPE 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:\.
* Install More Cool Software includes the following Plug-Ins:
PointCast Network by Pointcast Incorporated, Wordviewer by Inso
Corporation, FormulaOne/NET by Visual Components, Shockwave for
Director by Macromedia, and ASAP Webshow by Software Publishing
Corporation.
You must install Netscape Personal Edition before you can install
these plug-ins. After installing Netscape Personal Edition,
re-start the Internet Startup by double-clicking its icon in the
Netscape Personal Edition program group. Select "Install More
Cool Software", and select the plug-ins you want to install.
* When you install a plug-in, Internet Startup will search for
Netscape Navigator on your computer. If Internet Startup can't
find Netscape Navigator, you will see a prompt that says:
Please locate your copy of Netscape Navigator (Netscape.exe).
Select 'OK.'
Press the OK button, and Internet Startup will display a file
finder dialog. Use this dialog to select your Netscape.Exe.
If you installed Netscape Navigator Personal Edition in the
default location, your Netscape.exe will probably be in the
following location:
Win3.1: c:\Netscape\Netscape.exe
Win95: c:\Program Files\Netscape\Navigator\Program\Netscape.exe
* The setup screen for each plug-in may disappear behind Internet
Startup. Hold down the "Alt" key, and press the "Tab" key to move
between Internet Startup and the plug-in's Setup wizard.
* 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.
* 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
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"
3. In File Manager, find your dialer file.
4. Copy your dialer file to the new dialer directory.
* 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.
DIALER
Windows 3.1
* 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.
* If you have Visioneer PaperPort drivers installed, you may have to
re-detect your modem after you re-start Windows.
Windows 95
If you have configured Microsoft TCP/IP to use DNS (Domain Name
Service), you may not be able to connect to 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 Docs 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.
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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.
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ABOUT NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR 3.O
Netscape Navigator 3.0 is subject to the terms detailed in the license
agreement accompanying it.
************************************************
IMPORTANT! Before going any further, please
read and accept the terms in the file LICENSE.
************************************************
To read about all the new features and known problems in this release,
select "Release Notes" from Netscape Navigator's "Help" menu. This will
take you to the following URL:
http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/relnotes/windows-3.0.html
To submit bugs or other feedback, use the "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
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Netscape Navigator Program information and requirements
* NAPLAYER, the Netscape audio player, will only work if you have
a sound card installed and configured properly. It will not work
with the PC speaker driver. Please check your sound card manual
to configure the sound card.
* CoolTalk is enabled in both 16-bit and 32-bit version. There are
problems running Cooltalk with Matrox MGA Millennium graphic
adapters using early Windows95 drivers. Make sure that you are
running version 2.22.039 or above.
* CoolTalk and AVI Plug-ins require Video for Windows. You can
download Video for Windows from:
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/navigator/3.0/windows/
* For Information about Live3D, please read the Release Notes
under "Help-->Release Notes".
* Java is enabled in 32-bit version only.
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Win32s
Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, and Windows for Workgroups users:
If you are running version 1.15 or below of Win32s, you will be
unable to install the Netscape Navigator unless you upgrade to
version 1.20 (or above) of Win32s.
For more information on determining the Win32s version, obtaining
or removing Win32s, please read W32info.txt included in the
self-extracting executable.
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Ole 2.02
Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, and Windows for Workgroups users:
The Netscape 16bit Installer will install the following OLE2
files into the Windows System directory if there is no existing
DLL or if the existing DLL is older:
COMPOBJ.DLL 108544 10-10-94
MFCOLEUI.DLL 146976 1-13-95
OLE2.DLL 302592 10-10-94
OLE2.REG 27026 10-10-94
OLE2CONV.DLL 57328 10-10-94
OLE2DISP.DLL 164832 10-10-94
OLE2NLS.DLL 150976 10-10-94
OLE2PROX.DLL 51712 10-10-94
STDOLE.TLB 4304 10-10-94
STORAGE.DLL 157696 10-10-94
TYPELIB.DLL 177216 10-10-94
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International
The Netscape installer will overwrite existing OLE2 DLLs with the
latest versions for US Windows. This will not affect 32-bit
Windows. For 16-bit Windows, the only difference between the US
and the Japanese versions are the internationalization of error
strings. Occasionally, the Japanese user may see an English
language OLE2 error message after installing Netscape. Currently,
there are no Japanese versions available for the OLE2 DLLs.
Netscape is working with Microsoft to make the Japanese version of
the OLE2 DLLs available.
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Information about the Quicktime Plug-in
This part describes what you will need and how to use the Windows
version of Apple's QuickTime plug-ins for Netscape Navigator 3.0.
WHAT THE QUICKTIME PLUG-IN DOES:
Apple's QuickTime plug-in for Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later lets you
experience QuickTime content directly in the Navigator browser window.
You no longer need a "helper application" like MoviePlayer to view
QuickTime content with Navigator 3.0. You can also view QuickTime VR
Panoramas and Objects inline, after downloading the QuickTime VR
component from Apple. As a web developer, you can control the QuickTime
playback experience through HTML commands. You can choose to have a
movie automatically played for a user, or present a controller giving
users the ability to play, stop, fast forward, and rewind.
The QuickTime plug-in works with existing QuickTime movies, and with
movies prepared to take advantage of the plug-in's "fast start"
feature. The "fast start" feature will present the first frame of the
movie almost immediately and can begin playing even before the movie
has been completely downloaded. The "fast start" feature saves you
time waiting for the entire movie to download, but otherwise plays just
like regular QuickTime movies.
Netscape Navigator will use the QuickTime plug-in automatically to play
any QuickTime movie while browsing the Internet. The plug-in can play
many kinds of QuickTime movies (.mov files) including movies with text,
MIDI, and other kinds of data. If you have downloaded and installed the
QuickTime VR component, it will also let you interact with QuickTime VR
Panoramas and Objects.
WHAT YOU NEED:
* A PC running Windows 95, NT, or 3.1.
* Latest version(s) of QuickTime, QuickTime 2.1.1 for Windows
You can download version of QuickTime from
http://quicktime.apple.com/qt/sw/sw.html
Follow the instructions on the page to install the software. The
files are in ZIP format and you will need a utility such as pkunzip
to extract the software.
* Apple's QuickTime plug-in
You can obtain the QuickTime plug-in by downloading Netscape
Navigator 3.0 (http://home.netscape.com). Please make sure you have
downloaded the plug-in that is most appropriate for the computer you
are using.
* QuickTime VR
If you would like to view QuickTime VR (Virtual Reality) Panoramas
and Objects using the QuickTime plug-in, you will need the QTVR
library for Windows (QTVRW.QTC). The QTVR software is *not* included
with Netscape Navigator 3.0, but you can download them from either
the Apple QuickTime VR site (http://qtvr.quicktime.apple.com) or the
QuickTime Software page (http://quicktime.apple.com).
On Windows, the QTVRW.QTC file must be in the WINDOWS directory of
your primary drive.
If you have never seen QuickTime VR before, be sure to stop by
Apple's QuickTime VR web page (http://qtvr.quicktime.apple.com) to
learn more about this cool software.
* Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later
HOW TO USE THE PLUG-IN:
Netscape Navigator 3.0 includes the QuickTime plug-in. When you run
Navigator 3.0, the plug-in will be ready to use.
If you are downloading the QuickTime plug-in or the QuickTime VR
components for the plug-in from Apple's web site, you must quit
Netscape Navigator and move the software to the appropriate location
(see above). When you relaunch Navigator, the plug-in will be loaded
and ready to use.
After you have downloaded and set up the software, you may want to
re-visit our site (http://quicktime.apple.com) for additional
information on:
* Cool sample pages that illustrate how you can incorporate
Quicktime into your web pages.
* Pointers to pages by other companies that incorporate QuickTime.
* Information on how to optimize your movies for playback on the
internet.
* Documentation how to customize your web pages to take full
advantage of the QuickTime plug-ins.
FREQUENT QUESTIONS:
Q: Should Windows users download the 16-bit or 32-bit
version of the QuickTime plug-in, or both?
A: First of all, if you are using Netscape Navigator 3.0, you do not
need to download the plug-in, it is bundled with Navigator 3.0.
But beyond that, definitely *not* both. Download the version of
the plug-in that matches the version of Navigator you are running.
If you are not sure which version you are running, look inside the
PLUGINS folder in your NETSCAPE folder. If you see Npnull16.dll,
you are using 16-bit Navigator. If you see Npnull32.dll, you are
using 32-bit Navigator.
Q: I am running Windows '95 (or NT). I downloaded the QuickTime VR
software (QTVRW.QTC), installed it in my WINDOWS directory, and
rebooted. But When I run Navigator with the QuickTime VR component,
I can't view QuickTime VR Panoramas and Objects.
A: Currently there is only a 16-bit version of the QuickTime VR
software for Windows. The 16-bit version will not work with a 32-bit
(Windows '95/NT) version of Netscape Navigator. If you would like to
use the QuickTime VR software with Navigator, you will have to
download and use the Windows 3.1 version of Netscape Navigator. When
a 32-bit version of the QuickTime VR component is available for
Windows '95/NT users, we will post it on the QuickTime web site
(http://quicktime.apple.com).
Q: I downloaded Netscape Navigator 3.0, but the QuickTime plug-in
doesn't seem to be working.
A: Navigator 3.0 lets you pick plug-ins for different types of content,
just like you pick helper apps. You may need to pick the QuickTime
plug-in in the Navigator "Options/Helpers" dialog to make the
QuickTime plug-in work.
Q: I am using a Web browser other than Netscape Navigator 3.0 and I am
experiencing problems with the QuickTime plug-in.
A: Currently, the QuickTime plug-in only supports Netscape Navigator
3.0 or later.
Q. I design web pages and would like to know more about movie controls
and other capabilities of the QuickTime plug-in. Where should I look
for documentation?
A: The QuickTime plug-in provides a number of new and exciting options
for internet content providers. Please check the documentation at
http://quicktime.apple.com to learn more.
Q: I am browsing a page with a QuickTime VR panorama and expect that I
can use the option and control (shift and control on Windows) to
zoom in/zoom out of the movie. Likewise, with a regular QuickTime
movie, I expect the arrow keys to step through the movie a frame at
a time. But the movies don't seem to respond to keystrokes.
A: You need to select the QuickTime VR panaroma or QuickTime movie
first by clicking on it. On Windows, the arrow keys do not work.
Q. I'd like to save some of the movies to my hard drive. How do I do
this?
A. You can click on the movie and press Command-S on the Macintosh or
Control-S on the PC to bring up a "save" dialogue. However, this
will not work for QuickTime VR movies. To save QuickTime VR movies
go to the Navigator 3.0 menu, select Options|General Preferences|
Helpers, then select QuickTime from the list and choose Edit. At
this point, you'll be presented with a few options, all will work
for saving QuickTime VR files.
In case of trouble:
If you run into difficulties or have comments, please let us
know by sending e-mail to either:
Installation problems: webmaster@quicktime.apple.com
Comments/bug reports for the plugins: quicktime.apple.com
Please be sure to let us know which version of the plug-in you are
using (Mac or Windows) and which operating system (which system
software or version of Windows) you are running. Because of the heavy
traffic on the QuickTime pages, we may not be able to respond to your
e-mail individually. We appreciate your feedback!
We hope you enjoy the QuickTime plug-in!
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Known Bugs in Netscape Navigator 3.0
Please check the Release Notes for a complete list of known
bugs. Release Notes are available at the following URL:
http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/relnotes/windows-3.0.html