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- Better Homes and Gardens COOL CRAFTS
- *MPC README*
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- Welcome to Better Homes and Gardens Cool Crafts!
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- Please read the following information before you explore Cool Crafts.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- _ MPC system
- _ 486SX or better
- _ 4mb RAM required (8MB or more recommended)
- _ DOS 3.1 or later
- _ Microsoft Windows 3.1
- _ 1.2mb 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
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- COMMON MULTIMEDIA CONSIDERATIONS
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- Please set your Windows Wallpaper, Background and Screen Saver to "<None>" before running this
- program. You can find these in the "Desktop" Control Panel.
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- Running other applications or TSRs simultaneously with Cool Crafts can cause various conflicts. If you
- do experience any problems, quit any other applications and end any tasks before you run Cool Crafts
- 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 that selection.)
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- In addition to requiring 4 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.
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- INSTALLING COOL CRAFTS
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- From Program Manager, access File Manager. Click on the letter representing your CD-ROM drive--
- we'll use 'd:' for this discussion.
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- 1. Find the setup.exe file in the d: drive and double-click on it. This will begin the installation program.
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- 2. Click 'Yes' when asked if you want to continue the installation.
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- 3. Click on the 'Install Cool Crafts' button.
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- 4. You will then be informed that the installation will make changes to your system files. Click 'Yes' to
- continue.
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- 5. You will then be told that Cool Crafts will be installed into the C:\CRAFTS directory. If this is okay,
- click 'Yes' to continue.
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- 6. Before the Cool Crafts 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.
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- 7. Once the installation is complete, you will be asked to restart Windows. Click the 'Yes' button to restart
- Windows.
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- 5. To start Cool Crafts once you are back in Windows (Program Manager), open the 'Multicom
- Publishing' program group and double-click on the Cool Crafts icon.
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- TROUBLE-SHOOTING
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- 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 Cool Crafts, repeat steps 1 and 2 above. This time, however, you
- can select 'Info' or 'MPC' to help you determine what the problem may be.
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- -Video Problems-
- If you experience visual problems with Cool Crafts, 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.
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- -Audio Problems-
- If you experience audio problems with Cool Crafts, 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.
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- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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- For technical support, call (800)850-7272 or (206)622-5530 Monday-Friday 7:30am-7:30pm PST,
- Saturday 9am-5pm PST, and Sunday 10am-4pm PST. It is always recommended that you call from a
- location nearby your computer system and with as many details about the problem as possible.
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- HAPPY CRAFT MAKING!
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