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- silkmoth plc
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- The official Y2K screensaver engine v2.03
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- 1.) Windows Screensaver Setup
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- 2.) Date Problems
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- 3.) Colour Problems
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- 4.) Registering Saver
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- 5.) Registering Scene Packs
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- 6.) Scrolling Text Files
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- 7.) Splash Screen
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- 8.) Un-install the official Y2K screen saver
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- 1.) Windows Screensaver Setup
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- To view settings or preview the screensaver follow these
- instructions :-
-
- Win 3.1
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- 1.) Double click 'Control Panel'
- 2.) Double click on 'Desktop'.
- 3.) Select 'The official Y2K screensaver'
- 4.) Click 'Test' or 'Setup...'
- 5.) Click Ok when finished
-
- Win 95/98/NT
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- 1.) Click on 'Start', 'Settings', 'Control Panel'
- 2.) Double click on 'Display'
- 3.) Select the 'Screen Saver' page
- 4.) Select 'The official Y2K screensaver'
- 5.) Click 'Preview' or 'Settings...'
- 6.) Click Ok when finished
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- 2.) Date Problem
- ----------------
- Please make sure your regional settings 'short date' is set up to use
- 4 digits for the year otherwise this screensaver and other programs
- may function incorrectly.
-
- This may be changed via 'Regional Settings' which can be found in the
- control panel. You may need to manually enter dd/mm/yyyy in the date
- field.
-
- Example. change 1/5/99 (d/m/yy) -> 01/05/1999 (dd/mm/yyyy)
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- 3.) Colour Problems
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- This screen saver looks best in a resolution of 800 x 600 and 256
- colours or above.
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- 4.) Registering Saver
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- To register the official Y2K screensaver either enter your details at
- http://www.y2ksavers.com - click on the 'register' button in the
- navigation bar and select your options or print the REGISTER.TXT
- file from notepad, complete the form and fax to silkmoth on
- +44 (0)1625 616760. We will then send you your registration codes by
- e-mail or Fax.
-
- Once you have received your registration code, you can simply click
- on the registration button in the screen saver settings dialog box and
- enter your registration name in the space provided, as on the
- registration form (be sure to copy the name exactly as printed, upper
- and lower case characters). Now enter the registration code in the
- space provided and click on the (tick) button at the bottom of the
- screen.
-
- Your saver will now be registered for that level, and all options for
- that level will be instantly available.
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- 5.) Installing Scene Packs
- --------------------------
- Double click on the scene you wish to install to start the setup
- program. After the computer checks your system it will show you the
- directory where this scene will be installed to. Click finish to
- install the scene in the location given.
-
- * If you have installed this screen saver more than once please check
- that the default directory for the scene to be installed matches the
- latest installation 'Data' directory.
-
- The default is C:\POWRLOGO\Y2KSAVER
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- 5.) Registering Scene Packs
- ---------------------------
- To register a scene pack you should enter the setting screen, then
- click on the 'Scenes' button in the top right corner. This will take
- you to the view/register scenes page.
-
- On the left hand side of the page you should see the names of all
- installed scene packs and on the right is the list of scenes to be
- played.
-
- Once you have received your registration code, you can simply click on
- the scene you wish to register, click the register button in the
- bottom right of the page and enter your registration code in the space
- provided. Click on the (tick) button at the bottom of the screen.
-
- The scene will then be registered and will be placed in the play list
- for you.
-
- NOTE : Be sure to set up the playing order of scenes once you have
- more than one scene registered. (Random, Sequential, First
- Only ).
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- 6.) Scrolling Text Files
- ------------------------
- Once registered for Gold you will be able to select a text file for
- the scrolling message which appears at the bottom of the screen. This
- text file should be ASCII text as saved from Windows 'Notepad' or DOS
- 'Edit' programs. If creating this text file in other programs e.g.
- a word processor please make sure you save in ASCII TXT (Text File)
- format.
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- 7.) Splash Screen
- -----------------
- Once registered for gold you will be able to replace the silkmoth plc
- splash screen ( the image which is displayed just before the screen
- saver starts ) with your own graphic file.
-
- This file must be in Windows BITMAP (BMP) format, but can be any size.
-
- A size around 300 x 200 pixels using 256 colours looks best. Please be
- aware that your clients may have a low resolution (640 x 480) display
- setup.
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- 8.) Un-install the official Y2K screen saver
- -------------------------------------------
- To uninstall this saver, you should :-
-
- 1). Delete the 'DATA' directory you entered when you installed the
- official Y2K screensaver. (Default = C:\POWRLOGO\Y2KSAVER).
-
- 2). Delete the file called 'Y2KSAVER.SCR' from your Windows
- directory. (Default C:\Windows).
-
- That's it...
-
- The saver installs other files in your 'Windows\System' directory,
- which are as follows :-
-
- WING.DLL WinG API DLL.
- WING32.DLL WinG 32-bit Thunks etc.
- WINGDE.DLL WinG DIB Engine.
- WINGDIB.DRV WinG DIB Driver.
- WINGPAL.WND WinG palette change monitoring task.
- DVA.386 Direct Video Access VxD.
- TRANSBLT.DLL 32-bit transparent blit DLL
-
-
- These files are 16 bit graphics drivers which may have already been
- installed and required by other programs, so do not delete them.
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- Web: http://www.y2ksavers.com
- General: y2ksavers@silkmoth.com
- Sales: sales@silkmoth.com
- Support: support@silkmoth.com
-
- Tel: +44 (0)1625 433388
- Fax: +44 (0)1625 616760
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- Copyright (c) 1998 silkmoth plc. All rights reserved.
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