RESOURCE Software: the Administrator’s Guide
Installing Resource Software
Generally, Resource software is supplied on the Early Years and Primary CD or the Secondary CD. Languages for Talk·2·Talk software are on the Languages CD and are installed using a similar process (see below). Software is not compressed or packaged in any way and can be run from the CD in Evaluation mode.
In most instances, installing without a serial number will give the user a full licence that will last for 21 days. After that time the software will still run in the limited Evaluation mode.
Older titles that have yet to be updated will need a temporary licence number – available on request.
Installing the software is a four-step process:
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Licence Agreement: You must agree to the terms of the licence before installing. |
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Registration: If you have a licence for a title, enter the serial number printed on the Registration card in the box on the screen, then type in the name of the purchaser – in most cases, this will be the name of a school.
You may make as many licensed installations as your licence permits; our licence is very flexible – please read your Agreement for full details. |
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Destination: By default, the installation will put your software in Program Files, but you can choose another place. It will also produce a new group on the Start > All Programs menu called RESOURCE and in this you will find the shortcuts for the software you have installed and the on-line manual. |
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Install: This will complete the process. |
If you have a Licence card, the Registration part of the should be completed and returned to Resource Education. This establishes a simple proof of purchase for updating purposes and also becomes a record of the serial number should your copy be lost.
If you've downloaded a program and purchased without a full pack, your serial number will have been registered before the licence was sent to you.
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Serial number
The serial number holds information on the licence; this information is shown in the Splash screen and in the About box. It is validated each time the software is run.
When licences are updated or a licence is purchased for a program that has been installed for evaluation, a new serial number is issued. The program’s licence should be updated:
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Run the program. |
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When the Title screen is showing, press CONTROL + F1. |
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Type the new number into the Serial number box on the About screen. |
On XP and Vista, data in the Serial number box will be greyed if the logged-on user is not an Administrator. Click the Update button to enter an Administrator password before changing the number.
The number is validated immediately and can be copied and pasted. The serial number is stored in the BOOT.DAT file (see below). All instances of the program should be updated.
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Talk·2·Talk languages
Talk·2·Talk languages can be installed at any time and can only be installed from within the target program. When the program is displaying the Title screen, press CONTROL + F3. If the Languages CD is not in the drive you will be prompted to insert it. The target program will launch the Languages Installer. The Languages Installer will prompt for a number key.
When the number key is decoded, one or more languages will be unlocked and installed to the correct location. The install log will be updated.
Language folders are unlocked in the install process and cannot be simply copied from the CD. Once installed, language folders can be:
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packaged into an MSP file and distributed as an update patch. |
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copied and pasted into other instances of the target program (without updating the install log). |
Language files are always installed in the same relative location:
(program name folder)\Resources\Language\(language name)
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