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Pre-installation advice
The most important thing to remember is to disable any antivirus protection.
Restart your computer after disabling the virus scanner
(do not just log off and on). If using an older version of
Windows such as 95, 98 or ME use ctrl/alt/del to shut down
everything except for Explorer and Systray.
You MUST disable *all* Norton and McAfee products,
especially crashguards, disc utilities etc etc. Do not
disable any firewall that is running.
If you are using a newer operating system such as Windows ME
or Windows XP, create a system restore point, just in case
things go wrong.
The same procedure should be followed before installing or
removing any programme. If a file is being used by a
background process it will not be replaced or updated, even
if its replacement is essential to the successful completion
of the installation or removal.