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                          Optimum Desktop README
                        Shareware Version 1.27
                          Aug 15th 2000
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                Copyright (C) 2000 S-typy

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CONTENTS
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1. What is Optimum Desktop
2. System Requirements
3. Installation
4. Licensing
5. Distribution
6. Disclaimer
7. Technical support
8. Contacting S-typy

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1. What is Optimum Desktop
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Optimum Desktop is software which allows to increase possibilities of standard desktop, but as required completely change its. Program allows to optimize your functioning and will do Your contact with the computer more pleasing that is reached introduction an animation.

Main possibilities:
      - making an unlimited number groups of desktop
      - quick access to elements Control panel with tunability
      - access to standard desktop by means of new technology "Window in deep"
      - animation schemes desktop includes:
	      - editor of groups of desktop images
	      - editor of schemes of desktop with an animation of time
      - adjustment Optimum Desktop includes:
	      - possibility of regulation of frequency of renovation an animation
	      - broad tunability "Window in deep"
	      - tunability of exterior Optimun Desktop 
      - a tunability of branded technology "Disc notification" that includes:
	      - notification a presence of disks in disc drives during shutdown computer
              - automatic opening CD drive when boot and under shutdown computer
              - autostart CD drive when boot a computer.
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2. System Requirements
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- Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows NT/2000
- Super-VGA monitor
- Pentium processor 133 or greater
- 32 Mb RAM
- SVGA card with 2 Mb RAM or greater
- 2.0 MB of free disk space
- A mouse or equivalent pointing device

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3. Installation
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If you have the previous version of Optimum Desktop,  please remove that old version before installing Optimum Desktop version 1.0.  

If you received this version of Optimum Desktop in a ZIP file (for example, SetupOptiDesktop.zip), you can install it as follows:

First extract the files to a temporary directory (for example C:\TEMP\). You can delete this directory when setup has completed.

Select Run from the Windows 98/NT/2000 Taskbar Start menu, type the full name of the temporary directory followed by a backslash and the name of the installation program (e.g., C:\TEMP\SETUP.EXE), press the ENTER key, and follow the instructions displayed.
(You also can start C:\TEMP\SETUP.EXE file any other available you way.)

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4. Licensing
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Optimum Desktop version 1.0  is Shareware, which means that you may evaluate it for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of its original installation and use. After the evaluation period has elapsed  you must register it. The registration fee for single copy of Optimum Desktop is US$ 20.00. For other types of licensing ask with S-typySoft Group(see 8. Contacting S-typySoft Group). For registrations choose a point a menu About... and press a reference "Take the registration code here".

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5. Distribution
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DISTRIBUTION OF UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY VERSIONS OF Optimum Desktop. Provided that you verify that you are distributing the Shareware Version (select About from the Optimum Desktop toolbar) you are hereby licensed to (a) make as many copies of the Shareware version of this software and documentation as you wish; (b) give exact copies of the original Shareware version to anyone; and (c) distribute the Shareware version of the software and documentation in its unmodified form via electronic means.

There is no charge for any of the above.

DISTRIBUTION OF REGISTERED OR LICENSED VERSIONS OF Optimum Desktop PROHIBITED. 
You may not, for any purpose, distribute copies of registered or licensed versions of the software, documentation or related materials to any third-parties.

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6. Disclaimer
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Optimum Desktop IS PROVIDED AS IS. S-typy. will in no way be responsible, in financial or any other terms, for damages (either consequential or incidental) resulting from the use or misuse of Optimum Desktop  or from following directions in this document.  No warrantee as to fitness to a particular purpose is given or implied.  

Because of the wide variety of hardware and software combinations available today, it is up to the user to ensure that Optimum Desktop functions well in his or her environment. The user must assume the entire risk of using the product.

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7. Technical support
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Before you contact us, please do the following:

- Be sure that you're doing everything right. We all make
  mistakes sometimes... Be attentive.
- Look at the Help file: it may already contain an answer to
  your question.
- Visit our site in the Internet at
  http://www.s-typy.com. It's a good chance that
  you'll find the newer version of Optimum Desktop there. If the 
  serious bug has been found in the program, but the new 
  version is not ready yet, we make the hot fix for it.

But if you still have a problem with Optimum Desktop and noting else
helps, please contact technical support at:

optimumdesktop@s-typy.com

Please inform us about the following:

- Optimum Desktop version (properties file OptiDesktop.exe in install directory)
- Optimum Desktop  serial number (if you're a registered user)
- where did you get Optimum Desktop  (http or ftp site)
- Windows version (including fixes installed), US or international, OEM or not
- computer information: CPU type and speed, installed memory
- description of your problem (as much information as possible
     to retrieve the problem)

Note: you may want to read the "How to Determine the Version of
Windows in Use" article by Microsoft. Use the following URL:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q158/2/38.asp

In order to get the complete computer information (working under
Windows), open the Control Panel, click on "System" applet and
press "Print" on "Device Manager" tab.

If you have any comments or suggestions for the next releases,
please don't hesitate to post them to us.

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8. Contacting S-typy
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You can contact us using one of the following ways:

e-mail: 	optimumdesktop@s-typy.com
WWW:    	http://www.s-typy.com
