Thanks for trying the Internet Control Center. Please read this important information before installing. You must have the runtime library vbrun300.dll installed on your system before installing ICC. Check in your windows/system directory. If you don't have it, there is a copy available on our ftp site ftp://ftp.usefulware.com/users/jfoltz. You must have a working winsock program installed on your system. ICC is tailored especially for Trumpet and Chameleon, but will work with any winsock, and has been used with SLIP emulators also. It is very important that the the winsock and its associated dialer/control program both be in your system path. For example, if you use Trumpet Winsock, the files winsock.dll, tcpman.exe, etc. should be in a trumpet directory that is in the system path. I recommend against putting the winsock.dll in your windows or system directories. It should be kept with the rest of the winsock program. This will prevent some potential problems. If you have more than one winsock installed on your system, DO NOT have more than one in your system path at the same time. ICC does NOT modify the autoexec.bat file or any other system files. Before installing ICC, it is best to re-start Windows and run the setup before anything else. This will avoid potential errors with dll's being in memory from programs you ran recently. If you do get such an error as "File In Use" ignore it, it's harmless. The setup program will not copy an older version of any file over a newer one you might have already. This program installs easily in the usual way. Just dbl-click on the "setup.exe" found in the same directory as this file, using your file manager. ICC will be installed in your Program Manager in its own group. Then of course you can drag it to any group you like. A few people have reported installation problems with the file ddeml.dll. This is likely due to running WFWG on a LAN, and the ddeml is active. You may have to restart windows and install ICC before going online on the LAN. The first time you run the program, the setup screen will appear first. The setup options are self-explanatory, and if you make a mistake, the program will tell you so. To use the "connect-on-startup" option, you should have your winsock configured to connect automatically when loaded. Many popular winsocks can do this. If you are using Trumpet Winsock, ICC will set this option automatically after showing you the settings. ICC also has an automatic connect/disconnect routine for Netmanage Chameleon, which does not have it built in as of this release. TRUMPET USERS: Before using ICC, make sure that the last time you used Trumpet, you closed the program from the Trumpet window, and NOT from the Trumpet icon. Trumpet has a habit of insisting on starting in the same state as it was closed, even if the launching program asks for it to start as a window. ICC must open Trumpet as a window, and not as an icon, when using the Trumpet option in ICC setup. Also, set the online status detection in Trumpet setup to NONE. If your login script has a DCD check in it, this will usually conflict with ICC's online check. You will know this if your login script stops without completing. I have yet to see a script where you couldn't just disable the offending line and it works great. If you see a line with "dcd" or "dsr" that's the one. Most of these are of the form "wait 30 dcd" telling Trumpet to wait 30 seconds for a dcd signal. However, changing this to a straight wait without the dcd ("wait 2") will usually work if you MUST have a delay. Normally you don't need it at all. (Trumpet script lines are disabled by putting a # at the beginning of the line.) Finally, set the dialer options in Trumpet to "Automatic Login and Logout on Demand". Due to the wide variation in Trumpet login scripts, sometimes unforeseen problems occur. We have always been able to remedy them so far. IF YOUR LOGIN SCRIPT WILL NOT complete, when emailing the author for help, PLEASE attach a copy of your login.cmd and trumpwsk.ini., with any passwords edited out before mailing. It is also helpful if you rename the files to something like myname.ini and myname.cmd. CHAMELEON USERS: Before using ICC, turn OFF the Carrier Detect in the Chameleon setup options. ICC's detection will conflict with this, and will not allow your login script to complete properly. ICC cannot set this option for you because Netmanage has decided to encrypt all their configuration files. *** VERY IMPORTANT *** For the online status light, and the connect/disconnect to work properly your modem must be properly set. The DCD (Data Carrier Detect) signal must be set to be active only during connect. On Hayes-compatible modems the command to put in your modem string is &C1. Some modems use this as the factory default, and some do not. The other important modem setting is the DTR (Data Terminal Ready) mode. It should be set to disconnect your modem when the DTR signal goes off. The command for Hayes-compatible modems is &D2. Thus to be safe, just add the string &C1&D2 to whatever modem string you are currently using. There should be a setting in your winsock dialer program for the modem initialization string. If you need a particular internet client, we have a pretty good selection at http://www.usefulware.com/~jfoltz. If you would like a really cool sound intro to play when ICC starts up, download the file wave.zip from our ftp site and unzip it into the icc directory. It will play automatically when ICC is started. We didn't include it because of the size, and some users won't want it. ICC uses the Windows MCI sound driver. ******************************************************************** ATTENTION INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS If you would like a customized version of ICC with your name/logo, to distribute to your new users, I can provide this at NO CHARGE to you. Each user will then have the option to register the package if they desire. You also have the option to pre-register your users at 50% off the regular price, on condition that you provide it as part of your startup package. Other customization and features can be handled on an individual basis. Complete install/setup programs for client packages also available. Send email to jfoltz@usefulware.com (John Foltz) ********************************************************************* Thanks again! John Foltz author of the Internet Control Center UsefulWare "The tools people use." ----------------------- email jfoltz@usefulware.com OR jfoltz@mindspring.com