Installation & Setup User Guide - Best Access Systems

Installation & Setup User Guide
• Make sure “Copy Files From” specifies the path to the i386 directory
points on your CD-ROM drive. (For example, if your CD-ROM drive is
drive D:, make sure it specifies D:\i386.)
• If your Windows 2000 CD-ROM is not already in your CD-ROM drive:
insert it, wait for the Windows 2000 CD-ROM window to appear and
then exit the Windows 2000 CD-ROM window by clicking on the X
system menu icon in the upper right hand corner of the window.
• In the Files Needed window click [OK] to install the driver.
12. Windows will copy driver files to your computer and the Installing Driver
window will appear telling you the driver was successfully installed. Click
[OK]. You will return to the Display Type window.
13. Note that the Adapter Type field in the Display Type window may still
indicate the previously selected adapter. Don’t worry. This will be updated
the next time you start Windows. Click [Close]. This will return you to the
Settings form of the Display Settings window.
14. Click [Close]. The System Settings Change window will appear asking you
if you want to restart your computer.
15. Make sure there is no floppy disk in your diskette drive.
16. Click [Yes] to restart your computer.
17. Windows may display an Invalid Display Settings window when it starts. If
so, just press [OK]. (The VGA display settings will be fixed in step Step 5:
Verify That the VGA Display Settings are Correct on page 255.)
Step 5: Verify That the VGA Display Settings are
Correct
To perform the following steps you MUST know the model of FlashPoint board
you have and how much VGA frame buffer memory (1 MB, 2MB or 4MB) it
has.
1. Start the Windows Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Display program icon. The Display Properties folder will
appear.
3. Click the Settings tab to switch to the Settings form.
4. Take note of the following before proceeding:
• B.A.S.I.S. does not support video capture in VGA display modes which
256 or 16 Windows color palettes. This is because FlashPoint boards do
not support video capture when the Windows color palette is set to 16
colors and do not support color video capture when the Windows color
palette is set to 256 colors.
• The greater the number of colors (color bits) contained in the Windows
color palette, the more color information will be saved to the database,
and the better will be the quality of captured photos. The best quality is
achieved with a true color Windows color palette (also known as 24 bit,
16777216 colors or 16.7 million colors).
• However, the model of FlashPoint board you have and the amount of
VGA frame buffer memory it has (1MB, 2MB or 4MB) determines the
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