User Guide

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User’s Guide 11
2Installing Internet Guard Dog
™
Most installation problems are a caused by having programs running while
you try to install new software. Even if the installation appears n orm al, you
won’tbeabletorunthenewprogram.Toavoidinstallationproblems,closeall
open programs before you install Internet Guard Dog, including programs
that run in the background, such as screen savers or virus checkers.
System requirements
To use Internet Guard Dog you need:
• IBM PC or compatible computer running Windows 95 or Windows 98.
• 16 megabytes (MB) minimum of RAM.
• 20MBfreeharddiskspacetoinstallInternetGuardDogandMcAfee
VirusScan.AdditionaldiskspaceisrequiredtoinstallanyoptionalInternet
software that may be included on the compact disc (CD) version.
• 256-color video display or better. Internet Guard Dog looks and operates
best in a res olution of 800x600 pixels (or greater) and a color palette of
32,000colormode(15bit)orhigher.256-colorpaletteissupported,butmay
cause some color changes (caused by ‘palette swapping’) when switching
between applications.
• Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device.
• Access to the Internet, either a dial-up account with an Internet Service
Provider (ISP) or a constant connection through a network.
• Windows 95 or Windows 98 Web browser (also called a 32-bit browser).
SomeHelpfeatures—McAfeeSoftwareontheWeb,InternetGuardDogon
the Web, FAQs, and Report a problem—require you to connect to the
McAfee Software Web site with a Web browser (software that allows you
toview docum ents anddownload files fromthe World Wide Web). To use
all the online support features, the browser must be Microsoft
®
Internet
Explorer, Netscape Navigator
™
,orAmericaOnlinev3.0(orlater)for
Windows 95 or Windows 98.
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NOTE: America Online users need AOL’s 32-bit Winsock to use
Internet Guard D og. To upgrade from a 16-bit Winsock, contact
America Online.