THIS PROGRAM MAY BE DISTRIBUTED FREELY PROVIDED THAT NO FILES ARE ADDED, SUBTRACTED OR ALTERED IN ANY WAY. THIS IS A VERY EASY PROGRAM TO INSTALL & USE. THE MAIN FILE IS CALLED 'WINREVU.HLP' BUT YOU MAY HAVE IT ZIPPED OR COMPRESSED IN 'WINREVU1.ZIP' DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU FOUND IT. WHEN UNZIPPED THERE ARE ONLY TWO FILES TO WORRY ABOUT. 1. WINREVU.HLP (THE MAIN WINDOWS HELP FILE FORMAT USING OUR PROGRAM.) 2. THIS README.TXT FILE TO INSTALL THEN, OR IF YOU RECEIVED IN .HLP FORMAT ... MERELY COPY 'WINREVU.HLP' TO A PLACE IN A DIRECTORY. (If you have Windows, you have a subdirectory called Windows. You could put it there by typing, 'COPY A:*.* C:\WINDOWS'. Even better, make a directory called 'c:\WINREVU' and place our file there. The command FROM A DOS PROMPT IS 'MD\WINREVU') RETURN TO WINDOWS; THEN PULL DOWN 'FILE' MENU IN WINDOWS PROGRAM MANAGER, THEN CHOOSE 'RUN' COMMAND. THEN TYPE IN NAME OF FILE WITH PATH. I.E. '\WINDOWS\WINREVU.HLP' OR IN EXAMPLE 2. '\WINREVU\WINREVU.HLP' THE MAGAZINE WILL POP ON THE SCREEN. If it does not pop up, chances are you need to ASSOCIATE OUR FILE ... A NOTE ABOUT WINDOWS 'ASSOCIATE' COMMAND. {If you receive a message that "NO ASSOCIATION EXISTS FOR THIS FILE", or any error message talking about 'ASSOCIATION' ... All you have to do is go to FILE MANAGER in Windows, Click on the File Menu, click on ASSOCIATE, on this menu. The ASSOCIATE FILES WINDOW COMES UP and in the upper box THAT SAYS 'FILES WITH EXTENSION:' ... You type in 'HLP' and in the box under it, 'ASSOCIATE WITH' You type in 'WINHELP.EXE'. Then, run the program and go on to next step which puts it into a program group with its own ICON.} >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU KEEP THE PROGRAM RUNNING IN A PROGRAM GROUP WITH ITS OWN ICON SO THAT YOU CAN FIND IT OFTEN AND QUICKLY. IN THIS WAY, THE DATABASE OF COMPANIES WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE TO YOU TO DO RESEARCH OR TO PLACE AN ORDER. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< TO HAVE THE MAGAZINE APPEAR AS AN ICON WHENEVER YOU ENTER WINDOWS: THE FOLLOWING WILL PLACE AN ICON IN THE GROUP THAT YOU CHOOSE SO THAT THE MAGAZINE ALWAYS AVAILABLE WITH A MOUSE CLICK. 1. Click on the group you want the icon to appear. THIS WILL SELECT IT. 2. Pull down 'New' AND THEN 'Item' in the PROGRAM Manager Menu. 3. Type in the name of the Program - 'WINDOWS REVIEWS' or just type 'WIN REVIEWS' to take up less space on screen. THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION BOX. IN THE COMMAND LINE BOX... 4. Type in the Path TO THE WINREVU.HLP FILE. This will vary depending on where you placed the 'WINREVU.hlp' file. If you copied it to a subdirectory called C:\WINREVU Then you would type the path -> 'C:\WINREVU\WINREVU.HLP' 5. OPTIONALLY: Click on Change Icon. Place the path again in the File box. \WINREVU\LOGO.ICO. Then click OK, our own ICON should now appear connected to our program. You can now drag it into any window you like. 6. Then click on OK to close the window. 7. If you did everything correctly, the next time, you go into Windows, the WINDOWS NEWS & REVIEWS Icon should appear. (KEEP us in a Window that you use frequently so that you never forget and you will have it available for research at any moment.) 8. Always save your configuration which is usually automatic. ALTERNATIVELY: IF YOU RUN NORTON DESKTOP OR ANOTHER DESKTOP. Follow all the steps above and then you can simply drag the ICON over to any portion of your Desktop and then Choose 'SAVE CONFIGURATION' and the next time you load your Desktop, the WINDOWS NEWS & REVIEWS Icon should appear. That's all there is to it. Enjoy it and use it in good health. ALSO: FOR MORE INFORMATION OF THIS KIND - SEE OUR SISTER PUBLICATION THE INTER-ACTIVE YELLOW PAGES. AVAILABLE WHEREVER YOU FOUND THIS MAGAZINE. If you're having trouble installing the software: OR: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADVERTISE IN THE EITHER OF THESE MAGAZINES AND REACH MILLIONS OF POTENTIAL NEW CUSTOMERS ON THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY, PLEASE CONTACT: LIGHTHOUSE PRODUCTIONS (408) 423-8580 OR SEND A FAX (408) 423-0131 OR WRITE TO: LIGHTHOUSE PRODUCTIONS P.O. BOX 7885 SANTA CRUZ, CA 95061