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Install AcsSoft Photo Movie Album V8.3

  1. Run 'setup.exe' from the directory where you unzip the files.

  2. If you have a CD with photos given by a friend or relatives, the VB runtime libraries will be automatically installed. If it fails, you may also run it manually by double clicking the file 'PhotoV83.exe'
Notes: AcsSoft Photo Movie Album runs on Windows XP and Vista

Upgrade Old Version to V8.3

Install the new version in a new directory (e.g. c:\PhotoV83). When finished, simply copy the PhotoDB.mdb from the old version directory to this new directory (e.g. c:\PhotoV83).

Screen Saver Installation

To choose this Album as your screen saver, use the right mouse button to click anywhere on the desktop screen, and select 'Properties'. From the 'Display Properties' window, click the Screen Saver option, and select 'AcsSoft Photo Movie Album V8_2' as your the screen saver. You may change the settings by clicking the 'Settings' button.

Run AcsSoft Photo Movie Album from a CD

The program was customized to run on a CD. For distributing your photos, movies, MP3, audio and other media, simply choose 'Install Photos/Movies + Viewer to CD-R' from the Album Menu to copy the files to the CD together with the royalty-free Viewer. The software on CD is self-installable and self-running. As soon as the CD is inserted to the drive, the photos and movies will be displayed automatically.

Publish Photos And Movies to Internet

The photos and movies can be published as web pages to the Internet, simply choose 'Publish As Web Pages to Internet or CD-R' which generates the web pages and copy them to your website.

Install Photos on CD-R or CD-RW under Windows XP Pro

 ---- Note: you need to install your own CD burner software first
  1. You need to install the photos on the hard drive first: In the Outline tree (click the first icon to display the Outline), select the album or subject with the left mouse button, then click it again with right mouse button, a drop down menu is displayed. Choose 'Install Photos to CD-R'
  2. When a screen is displayed to allow you to pick a CD drive letter, DO NOT select a CD drive letter, simply type, for example, C:\V83\CD01 in the input field. Click OK to start copying.
  3. Upon coying is done, you may choose another album or subject for copying again. When finished, please exit the Album software
  4. You can supply your own music files by deleting the default 6 MD music files (in C:\V83\CD01\music), then copying your files (mp3, mid and etc) to C:\V83\CD01\music.
  5. Finally, you need to burn the content of C:\V83\CD01 to the CD-R:

Install Photos on CD-R or CD-RW With Your Own CD Burner Software
  1. Follow the steps (1) to (4) in the previous method, 'Install Photos on CD-R or CD-RW under Windows XP'
  2. Copy the content of C:\V83\CD01 MANUALLY to the CD with your own CD burner (do not copy the C:\V83\CD01 to the CD).
  3. When finishing copying, remove the directory C:\V83\CD01

Setup Outlook Express using Hotmail Email ID

  1. Sign up a new mail account in http://www.hotmail.com if you do not have one
  2. Start up MS Outlook Express, select 'Account' from Tool Menu
  3. Press the 'Add' button and select 'Mail'
  4. In the Display Name field, enter your name, press 'Next' button
  5. Enter Email ID (e.g. myname@hotmail.com), press 'Next' button
  6. Keep defaults (HTTP server, Hotmail as provider), press 'Next' button
  7. Keep account name as your hotmail ID, enter email password
  8. Press 'Next' button to finish the setup.
For non-Hotmail Email ID, you need to obtain POP and STMP addresses, please contact your ISP to setup the Outlook Express.

Setup for Publishing Photos in Internet

  1. You need to setup the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) first; this can be demonstrated by these 2 examples:
  2. My Web Hosting provider is WWW.POWWEB.COM , my user name is bigmac23, and password is 12345678:
Optional ISP folder is the sub-directory where the web pages be stored, but not include in your web site address. Please check with your ISP for more details.