Streets: Installing and Using Streets on Mobile Computers

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Microsoft Automap Streets version 4.0 has a built-in feature that allows you to save street maps directly to the hard drive. This feature allows you to use Microsoft Automap Streets on computers that do not have an attached CD-ROM drive. As outlined below, several methods can be used to install Microsoft Automap Streets to a mobile computer.

Method 1: External CD-ROM Drive

To install Microsoft Automap Streets to a computer that has an external CD-ROM drive or can be docked to a computer station with a CD-ROM, do the following:

1. Install Microsoft Automap Streets to your computer from the CD-ROM drive.
2. Open Microsoft Automap Streets and switch to the Street map you want to use when your computer is not connected to the CD-ROM drive.
3. On the File menu, click Copy Area Map To Hard Drive. Repeat this process for all street maps you want to use when you are not connected to the CD-ROM drive.

These maps are now available for use without the computer connected to the CD-ROM drive.

Method 2: Serial or Parallel Connection

To install Microsoft Automap Streets to a computer that has a serial or parallel connection to a computer with a CD-ROM drive, do the following:

1. Install Microsoft Automap Streets on the host computer.
2. Open Microsoft Automap Streets and switch to the Street map you want to use when your computer is not connected to the CD-ROM drive.
3. On the File menu, click Copy Area Map To Hard Drive. Repeat this process for all Street maps you want to use when not connected to the CD-ROM drive.
4. Create a Streets folder on your mobile computer.
5. Copy all the files and folders from the Streets folder on the host computer to the Streets folder on your mobile computer.
6. Copy the following files from the \Windows\System folder on the host computer to the \Windows\System folder on the mobile computer.

   Ctl3dv2.dll
   Dib.drv
   Mvfs12.dll
   Shares.dll

Method 3 -Using a Backup Utility

To install Microsoft Automap Streets to a second computer using a backup utility:

1. Install Microsoft Automap Streets onto the host computer.
2. Open Microsoft Automap Streets and switch to the street map you want to use when your computer is not connected to the CD-ROM drive.
3. On the File menu, click Copy Area Map To Hard Drive.
4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for each map you want to use.
5. Backup the all files and folders from the Streets folders plus the following four files from the \Windows\System folders.

   Ctl3dv2.dll
   Dib.drv
   Mvfs12.dll
   Shares.dll

6. Restore the files to the mobile computer following the directions for the Backup utility. Be sure to install the backed up files from the \Windows\System folder of the original computer to the \Windows\System folder on the second computer.

You are able to use Microsoft Automap Streets version 4.0 on the mobile computer utilizing all the maps copied from the host computer.