Copyright: Copyright © 1997 Agents Technologies (MEB) Corp.


Copernic Readme Contents

· Introducing Copernic

· Requirements

· Installing Copernic

· Upgrade Instructions

· Uninstalling Copernic

· Documentation

· Obtaining Updates

· Windows 95 Memory Consumption Problem

· Contacting Agents Technologies

· Acknowledgements


Introducing Copernic

Copernic is an intelligent agent that carries out your net-searches by consulting simultaneously the most important search engines of the Web. It features a history of your searches, making sure that the precious information found on the Internet is always classified and handy.

You will find what you want easier and faster with Copernic and its intelligent features:

•	found documents are presented in a comprehensive way with various icons and fonts

•	duplicate matches are automatically removed

•	invalid and unreachable document links can be eliminated

•	matching documents can be downloaded for off line browsing

•	documents can be submitted to local sub-searches

•	search reports can be generated in Web page format for easy browsing and sorting of documents

•	a search results selector toolbar allows you to switch quickly between the matching documents

•	searches can be updated, grouped into folders, etc.

All this and much more in a flexible and user-friendly interface which has the touch and feel of most common e-mail management applications!


Requirements

To use Copernic, you need:

•	One of the following operating systems: Windows 95 or later, Windows NT 4.0 or later

•	One of the following browsers: Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later, Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later (or any other compatible browser)

•	Personal computer with a 486DX or higher processor

•	8 MB of memory (RAM)

•	3 MB of available hard disk space


Installing Copernic

If you received this version of Copernic on a floppy disk please follow the installation instructions on the disk label.

If you received this version of Copernic in a self-installing executable file (for example, CopernicSetup.exe), you can install it as follows:

•	Click Run from the taskbar Start menu

•	Type the full name of the file (for example, C:\Download\CopernicSetup.exe)

•	Press Enter

•	Follow the prompts


Upgrade Instructions

Follow the installation instructions above. You can install this version of Copernic to the same location as a previously installed copy of Copernic. Note that you must close any open window of Copernic before proceeding with the upgrade operation.


Uninstalling Copernic

If you want to uninstall Copernic, follow these instructions:

•	Click the Start menu from the taskbar and select Settings/Control Panel

•	Double click on Add/Remove Programs

•	Select Copernic from the list and click Add/Remove

•	Confirm that you want to uninstall Copernic

•	When Uninstall has finished, use Explorer to manually delete the Copernic installation directory


Documentation

For documentation, including context sensitive help, press the F1 key while running Copernic.


Obtaining Updates

New releases of Copernic will be made available for downloading from various sites, including:

•	Our Web site at http://www.copernic.com

•	Our FTP server at ftp.copernic.com (log in as "anonymous", use your e-mail address as the password, and change the directory to "/pub")

We are constantly working to improve Copernic. If you have suggestions for features that you think we should include in the next version, or if you can suggest other ways of improving our product, please let us know. Many of the improvements in this version of Copernic were suggested by our users, and while we cannot promise to include every suggested feature, we really do appreciate and consider your comments.


Windows 95 Memory Consumption Problem

The first retail version of Windows 95 contains an unfortunate bug occasioning useless memory consumption while running Internet applications like Copernic. Microsoft described the problem as follows:

"When you run a 32-bit Windows Sockets program that opens and closes multiple threads in Windows 95, memory is gradually consumed.

Observable symptoms of this "memory leak" may include a swap file growing very large while the program is running, page faults as Windows 95 tries to keep up with the growing swap file, and an eventual system halt when all memory is consumed.

Knowledge Base Reference Article: Q141211 Memory Leak with Multithreaded Winsock Programs"

Note that Windows 95 OSR1 (version 4.0.950 A) or later and Windows NT users are not affected by this problem. You can check if your system requires an update by selecting About from the Help menu of Copernic. If the field labeled "Updated Windows Sockets library" indicates "No", you should update your system.

If your Windows 95 version is affected, you can download a "Windows 95 Software Update" at:

http://www.microsoft.com/kb/softlib/mslfiles/Wsockupd.exe


Contacting Agents Technologies

To contact Agents Technologies use the following e-mail addresses:

Miscellaneous Information:	info@agents-tech.com

Sales Team:	sales@agents-tech.com

Technical Support Team:	support@agents-tech.com

Corporate Buyers:	corporate@agents-tech.com

Investors Relations:	invest@agents-tech.com

Press Relations:	pr@agents-tech.com

Or visit our Web site at http://www.agents-tech.com


Acknowledgements

Copyright © 1997, Agents Technologies (MEB) Corp., All Rights Reserved.

Copernic is a registered trademark and Copernic of Agents Technologies (MEB) Corp. Other product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners.