Installation

Insert the Stock Investor CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

After a short delay, the screen will turn dark blue and the first of a series of installation dialog boxes will appear, they are explained below, in the sequence in which they appear:

Note   At any time during the installation process, you may select the Cancel button to terminate the installation without any effect to your PC.

Welcome

Contains recommendations that users exit all other Windows programs before installing.

It also contains copyright and other warnings.

Click Next to proceed to the next stage of the installation.

Software License Agreement

The entire Software License Agreement is contained in the scrollable window.

Scroll through and read the entire agreement.

If you accept its terms, click Accept to proceed to the next stage of the installation.

Choose Destination Location

Users are given the option to choose a location for their Stock Investor program files.

Normally software of this type is installed in the Program Files folder of the C:\ drive. This is the default and is the recommended location..

Click Next to proceed to the next stage of the installation.

Select Program Manager Group

Enter a program group for the icons to be assigned to.

Click Next to proceed to the next stage of the installation.

Start Installation

You are now ready to begin the installation onto your PC.

You may return to previous screens to alter any information prior to final installation by clicking the <Back button.

Click Next to begin the installation of Stock Investor on your PC.

Installing

The progress of the installation will be indicated by bar graphs on the screen.

While the installation is occurring the Next button will be disabled.

When the installation is complete the Next button will become activated.

Click Next to proceed to the final stage of the installation.

Installation Complete

This screen confirms that Stock Investor has been successfully installed on your PC.

Run Stock Investor

Click Run to start Stock Investor. (recommended).

The Stock Investor Startup Wizard will then take you through the  registration sequence.

Alternatively, you can click Finish to close the installation dialog box, and then run the Stock Investor registration sequence at a later date.

Initial Start of Stock Investor

The Stock Investor software application is now successfully installed on your machine. Stock Investor can now be started and run on your machine, however the software will not function properly until you have registered it with the HUBB and established your internet connection with the data server.

Whether you start Stock Investor immediately after installation by clicking the Run button, or close the installation and later start Stock Investor by clicking on its icon, in either case, when you run Stock Investor for the first time, the Startup Wizard will guide you through all of the registration and activation steps.

Go to the Installation and Registration's Start Up Wizard help topic for more information.

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