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IBM 300PL Software Manual - Viewing Online Books
4. Scroll to and click on Register your computer in the IBM
Product Registration section; then follow the instructions on the
screen.
You can also register your computer through the World Wide Web
at http://www.pc.ibm.com/register.
Accessing Your Complimentary Screen Savers
If you installed the optional screen savers during the product
registration procedure, use the following steps to access the new
screen savers.
1. Click on the Windows Start button.
2. Select Settings.
3. Click on Control Panel.
4. Double-click on Display.
5. Click on the Screen Saver tab.
6. Click on the Screen Saver pull-down menu in the Screen Saver
section.
7. Click on one of the screen savers to select it.
8. Locate the Wait field scroll bar and set the minutes of inactivity
that you want to elapse before the screen saver appears.
9. Click on OK.
Viewing Online Books
You can access online books, such as Installing Options in Your
Personal Computer, from the IBM Welcome Center. To view books:
1. Close the Welcome to Windows 95 window if it is open.
2. Double-click on the WELCOME - Click Here to Begin icon.
3. In the IBM Welcome Center window, click on Online Library;
then scroll to and click on the name of the book you want to
read.
Chapter 2. Getting Started
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Summary of 300PL
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Ibm personal computer about your software windows 95, applications, and support software.
Page 3: About Your Software
Ibm personal computer about your software windows 95, 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 appendix a, “license information” on page 43 and appendix b, “notices and trademarks” on page 47. First edition (march 1998) the following paragraph does not apply to the united kingdom or any country ...
Page 5: Contents
Contents about this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V chapter 1. Overview of your software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 preinstalled software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ready-to-install software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Pc-doctor for windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 appendix a. License information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 program name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 additional terms and conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 program ser...
Page 7: About This Book
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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Vi about your software.
Page 9: Preinstalled Software
Chapter 1. Overview of your software your computer comes with a variety of software: microsoft windows 95 1 , application programs, diagnostic tools, and device drivers. Some of the software is preinstalled and some is ready to install. The software is licensed under the terms of the program license...
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Your windows 95 operating system and preinstalled software are not available from ibm.) for information about reinstalling windows 95, refer to chapter 4, “reinstalling windows 95” on page 23. 2. The device drivers and some programs are also available on the world wide web at http://www.Pc.Ibm.Com/u...
Page 11: Ready-to-Install Software
Ready-to-install software ready-to-install software is provided on your ready-to-configure utility program cd and your hard disk. In addition to some of your ibm-preinstalled programs and device drivers, your cd and hard disk also contain additional software. You decide which programs to install, ba...
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Cosession remote a communication tool that enables an ibm technician or in-house administrator to diagnose and fix computer problems from a remote location. The connection can be made through a modem or a lan connection. Ibm global network dialer this software allows you to dial into the world wide ...
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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 (welcome - clic...
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Running the windows 95 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: install the following software that is provided on your hard disk in a ready-to-install form: – ibm antivirus – configsafe – ibm system management tools create a self-starting diagnostic diskette register ...
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3. In general, to perform tasks or obtain information using the ibm welcome center: a. Click on one of the categories listed on the left side of the main window: welcome getting started online library system customization news, updates, and service category-specific information will be displayed in ...
Page 17: Registering Your Computer
Using the ready-to-configure utility program cd is in chapter 5. To use the preinstalled utility program: 1. Close the welcome to windows 95 window if it is open. 2. Double-click on the welcome - click here to begin icon. 3. In the ibm welcome center window, click on getting started. The related inf...
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What it means to register registering your computer helps ibm provide better service to you. When your registration information is received, it is placed into a central database accessible by ibm technical-support representatives. If you need technical assistance, the support representative will alr...
Page 19: Viewing Online Books
4. Scroll to and click on register your computer in the ibm product registration section; then follow the instructions on the screen. You can also register your computer through the world wide web at http://www.Pc.Ibm.Com/register. Accessing your complimentary screen savers if you installed the opti...
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Using antivirus, configsafe, system management tools, and other programs this section contains information about ibm antivirus for windows 95, configsafe for windows 95, ibm system management tools, and other programs that come with your computer. Your computer has standard desktop programs provided...
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Additional software is provided on the ready-to-configure utility program cd. See chapter 5, “using the ready-to-configure utility program cd” on page 37 for additional information. Diagnostic software is described in chapter 6, “using your diagnostic programs” on page 39. Ibm antivirus for windows ...
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6. If you have made any changes and want to save them, click on the save settings button. Support documentation is provided online. To access this documentation, click on the windows start button. Then select programs, antivirus . Configsafe for windows 95 the configsafe for windows program is a com...
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These reports can be helpful to you in troubleshooting your system, or they can be viewed by or faxed to support personnel for help in resolving problems. Ability to work in conjunction with other programs, such as cosession remote, for remote assistance. Automatic performance of time-consuming task...
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5. When the ready-to-configure utility menu appears, click on the install applications button. In the installation choices window, click on configsafe to highlight it. 6. Click on the add button to move the title to the panel on the right; then click on the install button. To access the program afte...
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Computers, whether they are stand-alone or linked to a network. Each dmi-compliant component registers its information with the dmi service provider, and this information is stored in a management information format (mif) database. The dmi service provider handles requests and miscellaneous commands...
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To access information about your computer provided by ibm assetcare. Ibm alert on lan configures and monitors the alert on lan hardware that comes with some computer models. Ibm alert on lan can be used to notify a lan administrator of power-on self-test (post) failures, operating system problems, e...
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Intel landesk client manager 3.1 is an application that provides a graphical user interface for accessing all the components of ibm system management tools. Landesk client manager also provides self-help diagnostic tools, including a pc health meter and a mechanism for issuing alerts about potential...
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Of the screen has support documentation built into the dmi mif browser menu items. Shutting down your computer to help prevent the loss of unsaved data or damage to your programs, always use the shutdown procedure before turning off your computer. To shut down your computer: 1. Save any data you are...
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Chapter 3. Installing other operating systems if you install or reinstall microsoft windows nt workstation 3.51 or 4.0, microsoft windows 95, or os/2, you might need software or device drivers. Hardware-specific support software is available on the ready-to-configure utility program cd. (if you expe...
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Page 31: About The Windows 95 Cd
Chapter 4. Reinstalling windows 95 use the information in this chapter if a problem occurs and you have to reinstall windows 95. About the windows 95 cd attention the software contained on the microsoft windows 95 cd-rom (the "recovery program") is to be used only for reinstalling windows 95 on an i...
Page 32: Requirements
Requirements to use the windows 95 cd to reinstall windows 95 on a hard disk, you must have: a cd-rom drive diskette drive a of the computer as the startup drive the microsoft windows 95 cd the backup copy of the cd-rom setup boot disk (see the note on page 23) in addition, the correct device driver...
Page 33: The Recovery Process
The recovery process important if the recovery program is stopped or canceled for any reason before it is completed, before you restart the recovery program, type clean at an a: prompt to reset the cd-rom setup boot disk. Then you can restart the program. If you want to enable fat 32 file system sup...
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6. After completing this procedure, restart the diskette by pressing ctrl+alt+delete , or shut down and restart the computer. 7. Proceed to the following section ("windows 95 reinstallation"). When you reach step 5 on page 27, "specify partitioning and formatting of the hard disk," select 2. Do not ...
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On the hard disk, copies it to the cd-rom setup boot disk, and names the device driver loadsoft.Sys. Note: if your cd-rom drive requires more than one device driver (for example, device drivers associated with parallel ports or scsi chains), do not use this option. In this case, you must add the dev...
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Format drive c (partition c) only and then install windows 95 on drive c. Install windows 95 on drive c without formatting any of the hard disk. Note: you can reinstall windows 95 without reformatting drive c only if the release level of windows 95 that is currently installed is the same as the rele...
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Provided the total capacity of the hard disk does not exceed 2000 mb. You can specify any size for each of the partitions other than c; however, no partition can exceed 2000 mb. Any unspecified capacity is used for the final partition, provided the amount of space left does not exceed 2000 mb. 2. Do...
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F. If you selected 2. Do not partition the hard disk from the partitioning and formatting screen, make one of the following selections from the format screen (do not press enter after making your selection): c if you press c at the format screen, all software and data on drive c (partition c) is del...
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H. Verify that the microsoft windows 95 cd is in the cd-rom drive, and press y to continue. Note: if you open the cd-rom drive in this step, after you close the drive, you must wait for the drive to recognize that there is a cd in the drive before you press y. If the message cdr1ð1: not ready readin...
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To the other devices listing. A list of devices for which device drivers have not been installed appears. Some of these device drivers can be installed directly from the ready-to-configure utility program cd; other device drivers might require that you first make a diskette. O. Install the universal...
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Device driver on the hard disk and copy it to the cd-rom setup boot disk. Method 1—adding your cd-rom device driver to the cd-rom setup boot disk the following procedure describes how to add your cd-rom device driver (located on your cd-rom device driver installation diskette) to the cd-rom setup bo...
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5. From the cd-rom configuration selections screen, select 2. Select a cd-rom driver from the list . 6. From the cd-rom driver list screen, select 3. User-added cd-rom driver . 7. You can now continue the recovery process at step 5 on page 27. (if the hard disk has not yet been partitioned and forma...
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To partition and format your hard disk, do the following: 1. Insert the cd-rom setup boot disk into drive a. 2. Turn on or restart the computer. The recovery program starts automatically. 3. At the first screen, press shift+f5. This takes you to an a: prompt. 4. Type cls and press enter to clear the...
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8. Press ctrl+alt+delete to restart the computer. The recovery program starts automatically. 9. From the first screen, select the language of the microsoft windows 95 cd you are using to reinstall windows 95. In some cases, the instructions and messages for reinstalling windows 95 will be displayed ...
Page 45: Features Of The Cd
Chapter 5. Using the ready-to-configure utility program cd use the information in this chapter if you want to install or reinstall device drivers and other software from the ready-to-configure utility program cd. Features of the cd the ready-to-configure utility program cd contains device drivers, d...
Page 46: Starting The Cd
Starting the cd to install ready-to-configure utility program cd software or view overview information about the related device drivers and programs: 1. Insert the ready-to-configure utility program cd into your cd-rom drive. 2. Start the cd: from the windows 95 or windows nt 4.0 desktop, double-cli...
Page 47: Enhanced Diagnostics
Chapter 6. Using your diagnostic programs ibm provides diagnostic programs that you can run to diagnose hardware and some software problems. Several utility programs that provide information about your computer are also included. Note: additional diagnostic information, such as troubleshooting chart...
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5. When the ready-to-configure utility menu appears, click on the install applications button. 6. In the installation choices window, click on ibm enhanced diagnostic to highlight it. 7. Click on the add button to move the title to the panel on the right; then click on the install button. 8. Press e...
Page 49: Pc-Doctor For Windows
Pc-doctor for windows the pc-doctor for windows program is provided on the ready-to-configure utility program cd. This diagnostic program is designed specifically for the windows operating environment and can be used only when windows 95 is active. This program not only tests the hardware, but also ...
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Page 51: Program Name
Appendix a. License information the license information in this booklet is for ibm and non-ibm logo programs covered by the ibm international program license agreement. Ibm may provide programs with this computer which come with their own license agreements. Unless otherwise expressly provided by ib...
Page 52: Program Services
Technical support for programs provided with your system is available on a limited basis. See the publications provided with your system for details. Program services availability/duration of program services: no program services are available for these programs. Statement of service: no program ser...
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Other additional terms and conditions these additional terms and conditions apply to device drivers, utility programs, and flash bios code (“system programs”) shipped with an ibm system (“system”) on diskette or cd-rom, preinstalled on a system, created on diskette from a cd-rom, system, or local ar...
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Page 55: Notices
Appendix b. Notices and trademarks this appendix gives legal notice of ibm product availability, patents, and patents pending, as well as 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 ...
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Intel and landesk are registered trademarks of intel corporation. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 48 about your software.
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Ibm part number: 06j0850 printed in u.S.A. June 1999 ð6jð85ð.