Show-Tell & WOW!
Setup Tips (Win95/98)
First … Make sure you have a sound/audio device in the Device Manager screen … Use Start, Settings, Control Panel, System and click on the Device Manager tab. If you are installing a new sound/audio device, you may (at your own risk) want to remove obsolete sound/audio devices (in the device manager screen) to prompt Windows to reinstall a sound/audio device. Removing a device, then restarting your system can be an easy way to reinstall a device as windows will detect any uninstalled devices when it starts. Then … Make sure the sound recorder and volume control programs are installed … Use Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, click on Windows Setup tab, double click multimedia, make sure Sound Recorder and Volume Control are checked. If not, check them, then click OK/Apply and windows will install the program(s) checked. Unchecking and then clicking OK/Apply will uninstall programs and then checking and then clicking OK/Apply should reinstall programs fresh (in the case the programs are present but not working). 2. Volume Control present and working? Make sure the volume control (found on the Start, Programs, Accessories, Entertainment/Multimedia menu) is present and working before installing Show-Tell & WOW!. Resolve any problem(s) with the volume control (sometimes referred to as a mixer device/control) before proceeding with Show-Tell & WOW! Installation. If there is a problem, see the above trouble shooting tips. 3. Monitor resolution. For Show-Tell & WOW! to work properly, the monitor resolution needs to be 800x600. Use Start, Settings, Control Panel, Display, click on Settings tab and use the screen area slider to set the resolution. Also, the highest color setting usually works best. If you cannot achieve a resolution of 800x600, Show-Tell & WOW! will not work on your system. 4. Printer Setup. For Show-Tell & WOW! to work properly, a printer must exist in the Windows Printer screen (use Start, Settings, Printers to access the printer screen). 5. "Recording Control". You are probably familiar with the windows "volume" control, though you may not be aware that there is a similar control (the "Recording Control") for adjusting the line-in and microphone volume levels. To access the "Recording Control", click on the volume control, then options, properties and recording. The "Recording Control" should appear, allowing you to adjust the volume level for the microphone. If you have problems recording, or you can barely hear the recording, you should use the "Recording Control" to make sure that the record volume level is set at a proper level. Kiosk Demo Content (image & sound files) … Show-Tell & WOW! installs ready to use, empty of any multimedia (jpg or wav file) content (except for cover and help images and sound files). Show-Tell & WOW! cycles between the cover image (cover.jpg) & sound file, help/invite image (help.jpg) and sound file, and a random play of a slideshow. Until content is added to Show-Tell & WOW!, you will have an option to load a demo when you load Show-Tell & WOW! (via the Start, Programs, Show-Tell & WOW menu). Later, you can delete the demo content using the Show-Tell & WOW! Settings, Advanced, Delete All Data option (which will delete all the content in the system) when you enter the password of "PICKLE". To start Show-Tell & WOW! in kiosk or Play mode from the windows menu …After loading demo or other content, use the Start, Programs, Show-Tell & WOW, STWOW KIOSK menu option. To start Show-Tell & WOW! with the Load Files screen open from the windows menu ... The Start, Programs, Show-Tell & WOW!, STWOW-APPEND, STWOW-NEW and STWOW-REPLACE menu options will start Show-Tell & WOW! with the respective load screen open. To create Show-Tell & WOW! desktop shortcuts …Use Start, Settings, Task Bar & Start Menu, click on the Start Menu Programs tab, click on the Advanced button, double click on the Programs folder, double click on the Show-Tell & WOW! folder, right click on STWOW (KIOSK, LOAD or MAIN), click on Create Shortcut. When the new shortcut appears, drag it to the desktop. Adding Show-Tell & WOW! to the start menu …Use Start, Settings, Task Bar & Start Menu, click on the Start Menu Programs tab, click on the Advanced button, double click on the Programs folder, double click on the Show-Tell & WOW folder, right click on STWOW KIOSK, click on Create Shortcut. Move the new shortcut to the desktop, then open the Programs, StartUp folder (NOT TO BE CONFUSED with the Start Menu folder!) and drag the shortcut from the desktop to the StartUp folder. Show-Tell & WOW! should automatically start the next time the computer is booted. Miscellaneous Win95/98 information … Adding MSDOS shortcut to the desktop …Right click on the desktop, click on new, then shortcut, type in "command.com" at the command line prompt, press Enter then Finish. Adding Windows Explorer shortcut to the desktop …Right click on the desktop, click on new, then shortcut, type in "explorer.scf" at the command line prompt, press Enter then Finish. Changing file/program associations …Open Windows Explorer, click View, then Folder Options, then click the File Types tab.
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