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IBM PC 300GL Software Manual
Summary of PC 300GL
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Ibm personal computer about your software windows nt workstation 4.0, applications, and support software.
Page 3: About Your Software
Ibm personal computer about your software windows nt workstation 4.0, 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, “viewing the license agreement” on page 25 and appendix b, “notices and trademarks” on page 27. First edition (november 1998) the following paragraph does not apply to the united kingdom or...
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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Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 iv about your software.
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 the microsoft windows nt workstation 4.0 operating system 1 and a variety of software including application programs, diagnostic tools, and device drivers. Some of the software is preinstalled, and some is ready to install. The software, ...
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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 windows nt operating system and preinstalled software are provided on the product ...
Page 11: Ready-to-Install Software
Ready-to-install software in addition to your ibm-preinstalled programs and device drivers, additional ready-to-install software is provided on the software selections cd, on your hard disk, or on both the cd and the hard disk. You decide which programs to install, based on your needs. Notes: 1. Nor...
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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. You can install the ready-to-install software from the ibm welcome center. See “using the ibm welcome center” on page 8. Netscape communicator y...
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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 and use desktop applications – access information and perform tasks from ...
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Running the windows nt 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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Getting acquainted with desktop applications your computer comes with standard desktop icons provided by windows nt: my computer, internet explorer, network neighborhood, inbox, recycle bin, and my briefcase. For information on these applications and directories, refer to the windows nt manual provi...
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Note: you must be connected to your company intranet or to the world wide web (or both) to be able to use internet explorer. For information on connecting to the world wide web, as well as further information on internet explorer, refer to the microsoft windows nt manual provided with your computer....
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To access and use the ibm welcome center: 1. Click on the start ibm welcome option in the welcome to windows nt window. If the welcome to windows nt window is closed, you can access the ibm welcome center by double-clicking on the start ibm welcome icon on the windows nt desktop. 2. In general, to p...
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To use the preinstalled software installation program: 1. In the ibm welcome center window, click on customize your system software . (for information on accessing the ibm welcome center, refer to page 9.) 2. Scroll to and click on run the software selections program from the hard disk . 3. When the...
Page 19: 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 20: Viewing Online Books
Viewing online books to access and view online books, do the following: 1. In the ibm welcome center window, click on view online books. 2. Scroll to and click on the name of the book you want to read. Shutting down your computer to help prevent the loss of unsaved data or damage to your programs, a...
Page 21: Norton Antivirus For Ibm
Chapter 3. System management applications this section contains information about the following software: norton antivirus for ibm, configsafe for windows nt, the ibm universal management agent program, and ibm enhanced diagnostic. Additional software is provided on your software selections cd. See ...
Page 22: Configsafe
Support documentation is provided online. To access this documentation, click on the windows start button. Then select programs, norton antivirus, norton antivirus guides . Select reference guide or user's guide . (adobe acrobat reader might need to be installed first.) configsafe the configsafe pro...
Page 23: Ibm Enhanced Diagnostics
Configsafe can be a valuable troubleshooting tool, especially if problems develop after you install a new application or adapter. Before you make any changes to your system configuration, use configsafe to take a snapshot of your current, working configuration. Then you can easily return to that con...
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Creating and using the enhanced diagnostic diskette, see the pc 300gl user guide. Ibm universal management agent the universal management agent (uma) program is a collection of tools designed to manage computers in a network environment. The universal management browser launches and manages each too...
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Ibm universal management agent plus universal management agent plus is a plug-in program that expands the functions of the universal management agent program. The universal management agent program must be installed before you install universal management agent plus. Universal management agent plus ...
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Installing ibm universal management agent you can install the universal management agent program from the hard disk, the software selections cd, or the world wide web. The universal management agent plus program can be installed only from the software selections cd or the world wide web. For informa...
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Chapter 4. Installing other operating systems if you install (or reinstall) microsoft windows nt workstation 3.51 or 4.0, microsoft windows 95, or microsoft windows 98 you might need software or device drivers. Hardware-specific support software is available on the software selections cd. If you exp...
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Page 29: Software
Chapter 5. Using the ibm product recovery cd the ibm product recovery cd is provided with your computer so that you can reinstall windows nt and preinstalled applications and device drivers in case of a hard disk failure or other damage to your windows nt 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...
Page 31: Features Of The Cd
Chapter 6. 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 32: 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 nt workstation 4.0 desktop, double-click on start ibm welcome and ...
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Appendix a. Viewing the license agreement the ibm international license agreement for non-warranted programs is viewable in the ibm welcome center in your preinstalled software. To view the license agreement, do the following: 1. From the desktop, click on start ibm welcome. 2. Double-click on the i...
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Page 35: 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 ...
Page 36: Trademarks
Your ibm computer is on when the century changes, you should turn it off and then back on again once, or restart the operating system, to ensure that the internal clock resets itself for the new century. This ibm pc product cannot prevent errors that might occur if software you use or exchange data ...
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Ibm part number: 01k4611 printed in u.S.A. November 1998 ð1k4611.