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Ibm personal computer about your software windows 98, applications, and support software.
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Ibm personal computer about your software windows 98, applications, and support software ibm.
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Note before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the information in “viewing the license agreement” on page 8 and appendix a, “notices and trademarks” on page 25. Third edition (may 1999) the following paragraph does not apply to the united kingdom or any country where...
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Contents about this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V chapter 1. Overview of your software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 preinstalled software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 software on the software selections cd . . . . . . . . ....
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About this book this book supplements the information in your computer publications. Keep it with those publications for future reference. This book contains general information about the preinstalled and other software provided with your computer. This book is organized as follows: chapter 1, “over...
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Page 9: Preinstalled Software
Chapter 1. Overview of your software your computer comes with microsoft windows 98 1 and a variety of software, including application programs, diagnostic tools, and device drivers. Some of the software is preinstalled and other software is on the software selections cd. Important: the software, oth...
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Important: 1. No backup diskettes for your preinstalled software are shipped with your computer. However, the software selections cd contains most of your ibm-preinstalled programs and device drivers. In addition, the microsoft windows 98 operating system and preinstalled software are provided on th...
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Lotus smartsuite lotus smartsuite, a package of award-winning productivity applications, contains powerful applications and everything you need to access the internet. Your computer comes with either a lotus smartsuite cd or a proof of entitlement to receive one free cd-rom version of lotus smartsui...
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Some computer models come with additional support software, including the i.Share and ring central programs. Not all software is available for all operating systems. See the software selections cd to find out which programs are available for your operating system. Tivoli lightweight client framework...
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Chapter 2. Getting started this chapter contains information to help you get started using your computer; it explains: what you need before and what happens after you start your computer for the first time how to: – access information and perform tasks from the ibm welcome center – view the licens...
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Running the windows 98 setup program if the setup program has not already been run, it will appear when you start the computer. The program will prompt you to make choices or type information as required. If you need more detailed information than that which is provided in the following notes, refer...
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Using the ibm welcome center the ibm welcome center provides a central location where you can: view the ibm international license agreement for non-warranted programs register your ibm computer start the software selections cd to install additional software, such as that listed in “software on the s...
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Internet explorer toolbar at the top of the ibm welcome center, refer to your windows 98 manual or online help. Viewing the license agreement the ibm international license agreement for non-warranted programs is viewable in the ibm welcome center in your preinstalled software. Use of your computer s...
Page 17: How To Register
How to register use the product registration program to register your ibm computer. The registration program gathers your name, address, voice and fax telephone numbers, e-mail address, machine type, and machine serial number. Then forward the registration information to ibm using one of these metho...
Page 18: Viewing Online Books
Viewing online books to access and view online books, do the following: 1. In the ibm welcome center window, click view online books. 2. Scroll to and click the name of the book you want to read. Some of the online books are created using portable document format (pdf). You need to have adobe acroba...
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Ability to work in conjunction with other programs, such as cosession remote, for remote assistance. Automatic performance of time-consuming tasks, such as backing up configuration information and gathering data. A simple way (point and click) to capture current system settings prior to making hardw...
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Page 21: Features Of The Cd
Chapter 3. Using the software selections cd use the information in this chapter if you want to install or reinstall device drivers and other software from the software selections cd. Features of the cd the software selections cd contains device drivers, diagnostic programs, and other support softwar...
Page 22: Starting The Cd
Starting the cd to use the software selections cd, insert the software selections cd into your cd-rom drive. The software selections program starts automatically. If the auto-run feature is disabled in your computer: from the windows 98 desktop, double-click start ibm welcome → customize your system...
Page 23: Configsafe
Chapter 4. Software selections cd applications this section contains information about some important applications available on your software selections cd, such as norton antivirus for ibm, ibm enhanced diagnostic, and on some models the ibm universal management agent program. To install these appl...
Page 24: Ibm Enhanced Diagnostic
Ibm enhanced diagnostic an ibm enhanced diagnostic diskette image is provided on the software selections cd. This diagnostic program runs independently of the operating system. The user interface for running the diagnostics and utility programs is provided by watergate software's pc-doctor. (this pr...
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Advanced management tools provides access to desktop management interface (dmi) information. Inventory data contains viewable information about the basic hardware, a computer summary report, a software inventory, information about the operating system and associated device drivers, and assetcare inf...
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The uma program can also integrate into a number of server-based management programs such as ibm netfinity manager; enterprise-management systems such as tivoli tme 10, tivoli netview, and microsoft system management server (sms); and microsoft management console (mmc). Additionally, you can configu...
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Components of ibm system management tools a description of each of the components of ibm system management tools follows. Dmi service provider 2.0 is a program that collects and manages information from software and hardware products on desktop computers, whether they are stand-alone or linked to a ...
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Notify a lan administrator of power-on self-test (post) failures, operating system problems, environmental problems (such as high system temperatures and system voltage fluctuations), and some security breaches (such as chassis intrusion). Like wake on lan, ibm alert on lan can function when the com...
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Chapter 5. Using the ibm product recovery cd the ibm product recovery cd is provided with your computer so that you can reinstall windows 98 and preinstalled applications and device drivers in case of a hard disk failure or other damage to your windows 98 files. Warning: the recovery process deletes...
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Changing the startup sequence if your computer does not start from the cd on the first try, you need to change your startup sequence in the configuration/setup utility program. Follow these steps to change the startup sequence: 1. Restart your computer. 2. When the configuration/setup utility progra...
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Chapter 6. Installing other operating systems if you install or reinstall microsoft windows nt workstation 4.0 or 3.51, or microsoft windows 98 or windows 95, you might need software or device drivers. Hardware-specific support software is available on the software selections cd. (if you experience ...
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Appendix a. Notices and trademarks this appendix includes notices and trademark information. Notices references in this publication to ibm products, programs, or services do not imply that ibm intends to make these available in all countries in which ibm operates. Any reference to an ibm product, pr...
Page 34: Trademarks
Trademarks the following terms are trademarks of the ibm corporation in the united states or other countries or both: alert on lan pc 300 helpcenter predictive failure analysis ibm smart reaction ibm global network viavoice netfinity wake on lan netfinity manager microsoft, windows, and windows nt a...
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Ibm part number: 00n5981 printed in u.S.A. May 1999 ððn5981.