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Appendix A

About the CD

In This Appendix
System requirements
Using the CD with Windows
What you’ll find on the CD
Troubleshooting

System Requirements

Make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements shown in the follow-
ing list. If your computer doesn’t match up to most of these requirements, you may have
problems using the software and files on the CD. For the latest and greatest information,
please refer to the ReadMe file located at the root of the CD-ROM.

A PC with a Pentium or faster processor
Microsoft Windows 98 or later
Microsoft Excel 2000 or later
At least 32MB of total RAM installed on your computer; for best performance, we
recommend at least 64MB
A CD-ROM drive
A sound card
A monitor capable of displaying at least 256 colors or grayscale
A modem with a speed of at least 14,400 bps

If you need more information on the basics, check out these books published by Wiley
Publishing, Inc.: PCs For Dummies, by Dan Gookin; or Windows 98 For Dummies, Windows
2000 Professional For Dummies, Microsoft Windows ME Millennium Edition For Dummies, all by
Andy Rathbone.

Using the CD

To install the items from the CD to your hard drive, follow these steps.

1. Insert the CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The license agreement appears.
Note to Windows users: The interface won’t launch if you have AutoRun disabled.
In that case, click Start➪Run. In the dialog box that appears, type D:\start.exe.