Contact by email...

Mac users...

Installing software from your Internet Magazine cover CD 

(Problems seeing files on the CD? Click here...)

Netscape users:

If using Netscape, when clicking on a link to a program from these pages, you are only offered the option to save it to your hard disk. This is not really what you want — so to install the software from this CD you will either have to locate the application on the CD and install from there, or copy the relevant program's folder and files from the CD to your hard disk and set it up from there (after installation, you can delete the files you copied from CD in order to free up hard disk space).


Mac users, see below for additional information.





Microsoft Internet Explorer users:

Clicking on the blue link names on the CD pages will pop up a message asking whether you want to open the file or save it — choose the 'Open' option, which will run the installation program for that piece of software.


If you do have difficulties, try copying the folder and files of the program you want from the CD to your hard disk and running the installation/setup program from there. You can then delete the installation program from your hard disk to regain space once the software is set up.




 

Macintosh users:

Most of the Macintosh software on this CD is in archived HQX files — you need software such as Aladdin Stuffit Expander to unpack these files on your hard disk before installing. A shareware version of Stuffit Expander is on the CD if you need it — copy it from the SOFTWARE/MAC/UTILITIES/STUFFIT/ folder on the CD to your hard disk/desktop and double-click it to install.


Because many files on this CD have passed through a PC system, your Mac might think that the HQX files are Simple Text files(!) or simply not recognise them at all — the solution is to start Stuffit Expander first and load the HQX files via the File>Open menu.






 

Windows 3.x users:

This may also apply to some Windows 95 users... Some readers have reported problems seeing or accessing files on the cover CD. So far, we know of several reasons (apart from production faults) why this might occur:

    

  • You have DOS device drivers loading at boot-up. People on Windows 95 systems who have an Iomega ZIP drive connected and the DOS drivers installed have reported this problem (you could temporarily disable the drivers by typing REM at the beginning of the reference in your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files).

    

  • You have an old version of the MSCDEX CD-ROM device driver on your system. Get the latest version (you will need to get it from the drive's manufacturer or supplier). You may also have multiple copies and versions of MSCDEX.EXE – try temporarily renaming copies.

    

  • The 'FILES= ' statement in the CONFIG.SYS file is set too low. The FILES= should be set to at least 45.

    

  • Use of the MS-DOS versions 4.x GRAPHICS.COM file in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file may cause problems. Some applications, such as Harvard Graphics, install GRAPHICS.COM. If you choose the OK button when the error appears, File Manager may display all of the legitimate drive icons, but the files within the subdirectories are inaccessible. To correct the problem, remove the reference to the MS-DOS 4.x GRAPHICS.COM file from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (you can add REM at the beginning of the reference rather than deleting it entirely).

    


 




Contact Internet Magazine by email:


(These are the people most likely to be able to help with any questions regarding the cover CD.)


Dave Wilby (Acting Editor)

davew@internet.emap.com


David Parry (Cover CD Editor)

davidp@internet.emap.com


Penny Dakin (Advertising Sales Manager)

penny.dakin@emap.com


Carol Walrond (Editorial Assistant)

for missing or 'physically' broken CDs...

carolw@internet.emap.com














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