Make backups of all important data on your system prior
to installation. As with any Windows-based program, unforeseen problems can occur
during an installation. BE SMART, AND BACK UP OTHER IMPORTANT DATA FILES FIRST! With
Windows 95 or 98, we recommend that you make an emergency startup disk prior to
installation as well. (Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. Then
click on the StartUp Disk tab. Insert a floppy, click on Create Disk, and follow the
instructions.)
You must have MS Access (version 2000
or newer) on your system to use the full capabilities of Cadet Records
Manager.
Without it, you will be able to enter all of your records, but you will
not be able to print reports. MS Access 2000 may be installed before or after
installing Cadet Records Manager©.
You must have MS PowerPoint
(version 2000 or newer) on your system to use the Tutorial.
Close all other programs before starting the
installation.
The majority of installation failures occur due to
other programs running at the same time.
The biggest culprit is MS Office. (Refer to the Frequently Asked
Questions for more details.) Page 1-3 of the User
Guide provides installation steps and additional information.
Installation steps are also on the orange sheet that
came with your shipment.
IMPORTANT!
Depending
on your operating system and whether or not you already have Office 2000
installed on your system, the installation of Cadet Records Manager may
start by installing some additional Windows components, including the
new Windows Installer engine and the MDAC components. This process must occur before the installation of Cadet
Records Manager. It is
characterized by at one or two additional installation screens, with periods
between the screens where there appears to be no activity (no screens
showing and the cursor is not an hourglass). This can last for 2
to 3 minutes, depending on the speed of your system. During this
period, however, there will be hard drive activity, as the
Windows components are being uncompressed and configured.
You may also see a message indicating that the Control Panel is being
updated. You MUST wait for
this lengthy process to complete.
BE PATIENT!
Even though it appears that nothing is happening, the actual
installation is occurring.
You
may have to restart your system when the first portion of this process
completes. Leave the installation CD in the CD-ROM drive during the
first restart, so that the installation will continue automatically.
After the installation of the Windows Installer and the MDAC
components, the installation of CRM itself will continue.
You may have to restart at the completion of the CRM portion of the
installation process. Take the installation CD out of the CD-ROM drive
after the actual CRM installation, during the final restart.
View the Tutorial before starting to use Cadet Records
Manager. This will help to ensure that you will be successful with it. There is
extensive information in the tutorial to show you how to use the programs. The
Tutorial is installed with Cadet Records Manager.
Follow the instructions on Page 1-6
of your User Guide
for setting up the initial information needed to use Cadet Records Manager©.
First-time
security log-in information is on Page 1-6.
The User Guide is an Adobe PDF file.
If you do not have Adobe Acrobat reader, you can download this from www.adobe.com.
Problems? Call us! We’ll do our best to help
you through the installation and answer any other questions that you may have about Cadet
Records Manager.
