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This entire section applies ONLY if you are running The Ultimate on multiple workstations within a store. It is also enclosed in the DOCUMENT folder of your installed The Ultimate system.
The Network Installation Feature of The Ultimate allows the program files to be installed on the local hard drive of each workstation. Therefore, each and every individual computer will be running it’s own copy of the executable code, thus only sharing DATA files between computers. The result will be a faster, more robust operation of the software. The effect will be immediately noticeable. Exactly how much so will depend on the speed of your hardware and your networking environment.
Installation from the CD Drive on a Secondary Workstation
Those customers who are familiar with the Network setup of their system should find this installation quite simple. For those customers not familiar with their Network setup, we suggest that you consult your Network Supervisor or installer. Premiere regrets that our software support department cannot assist in the installation of a window's network or in drive mapping other than by clarifying particular points which may be unclear in this documentation. You will know that you have completed the installation properly if The Ultimate comes up in the DEMONSTRATION store mode (store 999). Pressing F9 from the main menu will confirm that you are in store 999. NOTE: The following is NOT to be run on Terminal 01 (server). Select the "Ultimate Modules"
menu selection on the main menu system. Press <enter> on the
"Set Network Data Path" button.
When creating a shortcut on the desktop, the Command line should be set to C:\ULTIMATE\ULTIMATE.EXE and a working folder of C:\ULTIMATE. If there ever becomes a need to disconnect the workstation from the network and just run the demo from the local hard drive, press F4 from inside the "Set Network Data Path" setup screen to clear the setup information. This may be desired for training purposes so that one workstation can be running the demonstration system without interfering with the others running the real data. The workstation can be reconnected at any time with the server by rerunning the utility. For support purposes we highly recommend that The Ultimate NOT be automatically started upon boot up. Therefore the shortcut should be on the desktop and not the "StartUp" program folder which is located on the program menu of the Start button.
Important! Again, Do NOT run this utility on the main computer (server). You may also decide not to load the actual program on each machine, and simply map the main computer's hard drive to the workstations. This way, when you create a shortcut on your desktop, point it directly to the mapped drive.
The basic rule of thumb is that The Ultimate can run on any type or brand of networking which was used to run the old software. Each workstation must have at least 540,000 bytes in the "Largest executable program size" question which can be read by typing MEM <enter> at any DOS prompt. If the answer is less than 540,000 then the DOS utility MEMMAKER will need to be run. MEMMAKER comes free with DOS and should be in the DOS directory. If it is not, then there was never a full copy of DOS and it's utilities loaded on your computer. You will need to contact a computer specialist to assist you. SHARE.EXE must also be loaded prior to entering The Ultimate. This should also be in the DOS directory. You can copy it to the root directory for easy loading upon startup. AUTOEXEC.BAT file
CONFIG.SYS file
Premiere cannot guarantee assistance in the editing of any boot up system file. You will need to contact a computer specialist to assist you if any problems arise, that cannot be handled, even as part of your "The Ultimate Club" privileges. From experience, we find that it is extremely hard (and dangerous) to do any type of system file editing over the telephone.
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