INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION OF THE CONTACT TRACKING SYSTEM The Contact Tracking System (version 3.1) is a powerful and friendly mailing list manager, allowing addresses, phone numbers, and miscellaneous information to be stored about customers, clients, members and friends. Its integrated visual and verbal interface permits sighted and blind users alike to operate with ease and efficiency. Further information about the capabilities and operation of CTS is contained in the files FEATURES.TXT and CTS.TXT. CTS may be conveniently installed with a batch file that explains what it will do and asks for confirmation along the way. (If you prefer to install the software manually, consult the README.TXT file.) To perform an automatic installation, take the following steps. 1. Ensure that at least 2 megabytes is free on the hard disk labeled C. The system will be placed in a directory called C:\CTS. 2. Change to the drive and directory containing the CTS distribution files, including CTS31#1.ZIP, CTS31#2.ZIP, and INSTALL.BAT. For example, this might be a floppy disk in drive B. It could also be a directory on a hard disk, such as C:\TEMP. If CTS was distributed on two 360K disks, then insert either one of the disks in the floppy drive (usually drive A) and log on to this drive. In this case, the installation process will prompt for the other disk at the appropriate time. 3. Run the INSTALL.BAT batch file by entering install at the DOS prompt. For example, your command might look like the following: B:\> install The batch file will periodically prompt you to press a key, such as Enter, to continue. (Speech output may be silenced while waiting for the next prompt.) If you decide to cancel the installation, press Control- C and answer Y to confirm this. 4. The installation process will ensure that your AUTOEXEC.BAT file contains a path statement including a C:\CTS directory, and that your CONFIG.SYS file contains a files statement having a 51 value or more. If the installation process needed to change your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, the original one will be called OLDAUTO.BAT. Similarly, your original CONFIG.SYS file would be called OLDCONFIG.SYS. These would be stored in the root directory of your boot drive, usually C:\. If you decide to restore the previous settings, you may do this by copying these files to the original names. For example: copy c:\oldauto.bat c:\autoexec.bat copy c:\oldconfig.sys c:\config.sys If you decide to delete the backups, you may do the following: del c:\oldauto.bat del c:\oldconfig.sys 5. If either your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file were changed, re-boot your computer for certain settings to take effect. Then from the DOS prompt, enter CTSDEMO or CTS to load the system, depending on whether you have the demo or full version. 6. When loaded, CTS will take you directly into the configuration utility in order to create a configuration file. Two help screens will appear, followed by prompts for various settings. To get to the Main Menu quickly, just press Enter repeatedly to accept all defaults. You may configure CTS more particularly at a later time. 7. For miscellaneous, introductory information, consult the README.TXT file. For complete operating instructions, consult the CTS.TXT file. If you have any problems with installation, you may contact the author of CTS as follows: Jamal Mazrui Access Success 745 Somerville Ave. Somerville MA 02143 U.S.A. Phone: (617) 666-9856