TGDE Installation Help

Standard Installation Procedures
Use these procedures when installing Thomas Guide Digital Edition™ on a typical home PC, or on any computer running Windows 95 or Windows 98.
  1. Close all open windows and get your screen to the empty desktop.
  2. Disable any virus protection software your computer is running. Failure to do this is the single largest cause of problems during installation. Typically, your virus protection software will be shown as an icon on the bottom or left side of the Task Bar. Right-click on this icon and choose Disable.
  3. Insert the CD-Rom and the TGDE Installation program should start automatically.
  4. If Autorun is disabled on your computer, start the setup using Start then Run from the Task Bar. Use the Browse button to navigate to your CD-Rom drive, and select Setup.exe. Click Open, then OK.
  5. Follow all the default prompts through the installation. Remember, the serial number must be entered with capital letters and cannot include spaces.
  6. Reboot the computer after installation.
If Your Installation Fails
First uninstall the product (if possible) using the following steps:
  1. At the desktop, click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel
  2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon
  3. Choose Thomas Guide Digital Edition™, and click Add/Remove to remove.
  4. Click "YES" to "are you sure you want to remove?"
  5. Click "Yes To All" to remove all shared files
    Next, re-install TGDE using the following procedure:
  1. Close all open windows and get your screen to the empty desktop.
  2. Press the CTRL+ALT+DELETE buttons on the keyboard once. A window will appear named Close Programs.
  3. Select the top-most program (unless it is Explorer) and click End-Task. (please allow the task to end before going on, if program is not responding, click End-Task again. If is hit twice successively, the machine reboots automatically)
  4. The Close program window will go away, then repeat from step 2 until all the programs except Explorer are deleted.
  5. Insert the CD-Rom and the TGDE Installation program should start automatically.
  6. If Autorun is disabled on your computer, start the setup using Start then Run from the Task Bar. Use the Browse button to navigate to your CD-Rom drive, and select Setup.exe. Click Open, then OK..
  7. Follow all the default prompts through the installation. Remember, the serial number must be entered with capital letters and include the hyphens.
  8. Reboot the computer after installation.

Windows NT installation

When installing TGDE on a computer that has the Windows NT operating system, you must have administrator access rights on the computer in order for the installation to complete. Otherwise, critical files may not be copied to the computer and TGDE will not run correctly, if at all.

To find out if you have administrator access rights on your computer, check with your system adminstrator.

If you do have administrator access rights, perform the steps as described above in Standard Installation Procedures.

 

Please Note: TGDE is designed for the Microsoft Windows operating system. There are no plans to provide versions for Macintosh (Mac OS) or other operating systems at this time.

If you have any questions or problems that this page does not answer, contact tgde@thomas.com for assistance.

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