Microshaft Winblows 98 – Windows Readme – English

Welcome to Microshaft!

This "Read Me" file contains the latest information 
about running Microshaft to insure the best playing 
experience possible.  Please refer to the printed "User 
Guide" for Microshaft instructions. Also, please refer 
to the printed "Online Guide" for details on configuring 
Microshaft to launch your browser and going online to 
the Microshaft web site.

Note: you do not need the Microshaft CD-ROM to be in 
your CD-ROM drive in order to play the leave-behind 
Exploder game.

System Requirements
====================

To run Microshaft, your Windows 95 PC must have at 
least:

 - A 66 MHz 486 processor (Pentium processor 
   highly recommended)
 - 16 MB RAM for Windows 95	
 - 20 MB free hard disk space
 - A double speed CD-ROM (quad speed highly recommended)
 - SVGA video (640x480 resolution with 256 colors)
 - 8-bit sound

To connect to the Microshaft web site, you must also 
have:
	
 - A 14.4 Kbps modem (28.8 Kbps recommended)
 - Netscape Navigator version 3.0 or later, or Microsoft 
   Internet Explorer 3.0 or later
 - A subscription to an Internet Service Provider (ISP), 
   or America Online 3.0 or later


Troubleshooting
===============

Video, Animation and Sound:

If you are experiencing problems with video, animation 
or sound:

1. Set your monitor graphics mode to display 640x480 
resolution with 256 colors.

2. Before running Microshaft, exit all running programs, 
including those that run automatically when you start 
Windows (especially screen savers and toolbars).

3. Computers with slower components (66 MHz 486's, 60 or 
75 MHz Pentiums, older video display chips, 2X CD-ROM
drives) may exhibit poor audio/video performance, long
delays (loads) between screens, and sluggish game play.

NOTE: PinBill will take up to a minute to load on slow
processors - but it's worth the wait!

Going Online:

If you have trouble visiting the Microshaft web site 
from within the Microshaft program:

1. Run Browser Setup to configure Microshaft to launch 
your browser.

2. Make sure that your browser and dialer are configured 
to connect to your ISP, then try launching your browser 
to a well-known web page BEFORE running Microshaft and 
going online.  If you don't see the web page (make sure 
the browser is not reading from a file on your hard 
drive), call your ISP for support.  If you do see the 
web page, try launching your browser to 
http://www.parroty.com next. If you can't enter the 
Parroty site, our web server may be busy or unavailable, 
so please try again later.

3. You must run Browser Setup after installing or
updating your Internet browser in order to use that
browser to go online from Microshaft.

4. Browser Setup will not find 16-bit versions of 
Microsoft Internet Explorer.  Microsoft does not support 
running 16-bit Internet Explorer under Windows 95.

Other:

1. Windows 95 allows you to run multiple copies of 
programs.  Make sure that you are running only one copy 
of Microshaft.

2. Uninstalling Microshaft will not delete the Parroty 
and Microshaft folders, as well as any user created 
files (PD.INI, *.USR). If you reinstall Microshaft, your 
browser and user tracking information will remain 
intact. To completely remove  all traces of Microshaft, 
delete these folders and files manually.

3. Be careful not to click your right mouse button while 
running Microshaft.  Clicking the right mouse button may 
disable the next left mouse button click.

4. Be careful not to move the cursor to the extreme top 
or bottom of the screen.  This action may activate any 
toolbars you may use (such as the Microsoft Office 
toolbar), and deactivate the Microshaft program.


Microshaft Technical Support
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email:  [email protected]
phone:  812-829-1007
fax:    812-829-1020

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