Art Gallery: README.TXT Contents
  
PSS ID Number: Q107180
Article last modified on 12-14-1995
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Art Gallery for Windows, version 1.0
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SUMMARY
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This article contains the complete text of the Microsoft Art Gallery
README.TXT file located in the ARTGAL directory of the Microsoft Art
Gallery CD.
 
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Microsoft Art Gallery version 1.0 README file
Microsoft Corporation
October 20, 1993
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This file contains information about Art Gallery not
included in the User's Guide or in Help. To read this
file on-screen, use the Page Down and Page Up keys.
You can also print it by choosing the Print command
from the File menu in any Windows word-processing
program.
 
This README file contains important information on
the following topics:
 
Section       Description
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  1           CD-ROM PROBLEMS
 
  2           VIDEO DISPLAY PROBLEMS
 
  3           AUDIO PROBLEMS
 
  4           RUNNING IN LOW MEMORY OR RUNNING SLOWLY
 
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1. CD-ROM PROBLEMS
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NOTE - Do not remove the Art Gallery compact disc from
your CD-ROM drive while Art Gallery is in the process
of playing sound or displaying a new picture.
 
In order to run properly, Art Gallery requires an
MPC-compatible CD-ROM drive. An MPC-compatible drive
"has an average seek time of less than one second and
can transfer data from the compact disc at 150K per
second while using less than 40% of the CPU bandwidth".
If you are having problems, check the documentation
that came with your CD-ROM drive to make sure it meets
these requirements. An incompatible CD-ROM drive will
slow down the performance of Art Gallery.
 
If the Art Gallery program cannot find the data files
that it needs from the Art Gallery compact disc,
you'll see a message that tells you the correct CD
must be in the drive to continue. To find the source
of the problem, do the following:
 
 * Make sure the Art Gallery compact disc is
     correctly inserted into the CD-ROM drive.
 
 * If you have an external CD-ROM drive, make
     sure the drive is connected to your computer,
     plugged in, and turned on. If you still see
     the error message after checking the points
     above, check the documentation that came with
     your CD-ROM drive or contact the company that
     supplied the drive.
 
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2. VIDEO DISPLAY PROBLEMS
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Art Gallery is designed to run in 256-color mode.
In 16-color mode the paintings will not display
correctly. You may run in higher resolutions than
256-colors but there will be no improvement of the
picture quality and the performance will probably
slow down. Animations will not run in any mode
except 256-color. If your computer is running in
a mode other than 256-colors, you can run Windows
Setup to change the screen driver to 256-color mode.
 
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ATI PROBLEMS
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Microsoft Art Gallery is incompatible with some
advanced features used by some video cards such
as the Mach32 chip set running the ATI drivers.
 
If you are using an ATI video card with one of
the Mach video drivers (Mach8 or Mach32) as your
Windows display driver, the Device Bitmaps setting
for the video card must be set to Off. This enables
the pictures in Art Gallery to be displayed properly
(you can verify the Windows Display driver selection
by launching the Windows Setup icon found in the Main
program group of the Windows Program Manager). To
check/change this setting, do the following:
 
1.  Launch the Mach FlexDesk Control Panel by
    double-clicking on the Mach FlexDesk Control
    Panel icon usually found in the Mach Utilities
    program group in Program Manager. The Mach
    Utilities group is created when you run the
    ATI Mach video driver setup program.
 
2.  Click the Advanced... button.
 
3.  Make sure Device Bitmaps is set to Off, or
    set it to Off if it is not.
 
4.  Click OK to close the FlexDesk Advanced Settings.
 
5.  Click OK to close the FlexDesk Control Panel.
 
You will need to restart Windows for the changes to
take effect.
 
If your control panel does not appear to have this
option, you will need an update. For information
about ATI video cards or the ATI installation utility
referred to above, contact ATI Technical Support at
(905) 882-2626.
 
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3. AUDIO PROBLEMS
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In order for sounds to play properly on your machine,
you must have a sound card and the correct driver
installed. If you have no sound card or the correct
driver is not installed, you will get a warning message
from Art Gallery set up. If you think that you have
problems of this kind, consult your technical documents
or call the dealer from whom you purchased your sound
card.
 
If you don't hear any sounds, first make sure that the
volume for your speakers is set to an audible level.
 
If the volume is set to an audible level and you still
hear no sounds at all, something may be wrong with your
sound board setup. Check to see that the driver is
installed correctly and, if necessary, reinstall it.
Refer to the documentation that came with your sound
card for more information on installing audio drivers
or contact the dealer from whom you purchased your
sound card.
 
Please note that Art Gallery requires an MPC-compatible
sound board to be installed and is not intended to run
with drivers which use the PC internal speaker, such
as the unsupported "PC Speaker" driver. Such a driver
will not, in most cases, play any sounds and if the
driver setup option "Enable Interrupts" is not checked,
your system may crash. If you have both a sound board
and the PC Speaker driver installed, it is preferable
to un-install the PC Speaker driver.
 
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MEDIA VISION CARDS
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Problems have occurred with older Media Vision cards
and drivers. Contact Media Vision Technical Support
to find out how to obtain a new driver.
 
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4. RUNNING IN LOW MEMORY OR RUNNING SLOWLY
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Art Gallery uses your computer's system memory to
display pictures. If you find that Art Gallery runs
slowly or if you encounter out-of-memory errors, Art
Gallery probably doesn't have enough memory to run
properly. Consider doing the following to improve your
computer's performance:
 
* Close all unnecessary applications.
 
* Determine how much memory your computer has
  available by typing "mem" and pressing ENTER
  at the DOS prompt. You need a minimum of 2MB
  (2,048K bytes) of total memory to use Art Gallery.
  If you do not have at least 2MB of memory, you
  may not be able to run Art Gallery until you add
  more memory.
 
* If you are running Windows in Enhanced mode,
  set up a permanent Windows swap file on your
  hard disk. See your Windows documentation for
  more information.
 
* Defragment ("clean up") your hard disk by
  running a defragmentation program.
 
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