NewDeal Technical Support Document 201

Using NewDeal With Microsoft Windows 95 or 98

CREATING A SHORTCUT FOR NEWDEAL SCHOOLSUITE 98

1. Right click anywhere on the background of the Windows desktop. Choose New, Shortcut.

   

2. Type in the name and path of the file you use to run NewDeal (usually C:\NDS\LOADER.EXE). Click Next.

   

3. Edit the name for the shortcut (NewDeal is suggested). Click Next.

   

4. Select an icon for the shortcut. You can change this selection later. Click Finish.

   

CONFIGURING NEWDEAL TO RUN EFFICIENTLY UNDER WINDOWS

1. Right click on your NewDeal shortcut. In the menu that appears, left click on Properties.

   

2. Click on the Program tab. It is suggested that you change the name from LOADER to NewDeal. This is the name that will appear on your task bar when NewDeal is running.

   

3. Click in the Close on Exit box to enable this option.

   

4. Click on the Advanced button.
5. Click on the Prevent MS-DOS based programs from detecting Windows box to enable this option.
6. Click in the Suggest MS-DOS mode as necessary box to disable this option.
7. Click OK to exit this window.

   

8. To change the icon, (optional)
   1. Click on the Change Icon button.
   2. Click Browse and locate the NEWDEAL.ICO file, with the NewDeal logo, in the directory where you installed NewDeal and double click it.
   3. Click OK to exit the Change Icon window.
9. Click on the Screen tab.

   

10. Click on the Full-screen radio button under the Usage section.
11. All other options should be left as default (checked).

    

12. Click on the Misc tab.
13. Click on the Allow screen saver box under the Foreground section to disable this option.
14. Click on the Exclusive mode box under the Mouse section to enable this option.
15. Click on the Ctrl+Esc, Alt+Space and Alt+Enter boxes under the Windows shortcut keys section to disable these shortcut keys.
16. All other options should be left as default.
17. Click OK to close the Properties window and to apply the changes that you've made above.

Congratulations, you are now ready to use NewDeal with Windows 95 or 98.

TASK SWITCHING BETWEEN NEWDEAL AND WINDOWS

To switch back to NewDeal from Windows 95, select NewDeal from the Task Bar.

NOTE: If Windows 95 issues a warning beep and refuses to allow you to switch, your Windows video driver or your video hardware may be incapable of changing between the mode used in NewDeal and the mode used in Windows 95. Try changing your video to VGA 640x480 16-Color in NewDeal's Preferences, Video, or choose a driver with the same screen size and color depth for both NewDeal and Windows.

TROUBLE SHOOTING NEWDEAL AND WINDOWS

1. Double click on My Computer.

   

2. Double click on the Printers icon.

   

3. Right click on the icon for your printer.

   

4. Choose Properties.

   

5. Click the Details tab. This is where you will be changing your settings for your printer so that NewDeal can print along with Windows. There are two different solutions to resolve the printer conflict. Try the second solution only if the first solution did not work for you.

   

   Solution 1

   1. Click the Port Settings button.
   2. Click on the Spool MS-DOS print jobs box to disable this option.
   3. Click OK to exit this window.

   

   Solution 2

   1. Click the Spool Settings button.
   2. Click on the Start printing after last page is spooled radio button.
   3. Click OK to exit this window.

   

6. Click OK to close the Printer Properties window and to apply the changes that you've made above.

NOTE: We suggest making no changes to the other properties tabs.