SYMANTEC CORPORATION - PETER NORTON GROUP                    11/25/96
README.TXT for System Information for Windows 95
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Thank you for using System Information for Windows 95. This version 
of System Information is designed to run only under Windows 95. This 
version is not compatible with Windows NT, Windows 3.x, Windows for 
OS/2, or Windows emulators such as SoftWindows. 

Please review this document in its entirety prior to installing 
System Information as it contains late-breaking information that the 
online help does not contain. 


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Contents
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1.0 Installation with Setup Wizard and Uninstall
2.0 System Information


1.0 Installation with Setup Wizard and Uninstall
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NOTE: DO NOT install System Information to a folder with a name longer 
than 40 characters. The DOS-based Norton Utilities programs will not run 
properly.
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Microsoft Office 95's FindFast feature may cause problems with Setup 
Wizard. Installing Norton Utilities while FindFast is running causes 
Setup Wizard dialog-box placement problems (dialog boxes may also appear 
off the screen) and conflict with its initial Windows 95 restart 
procedure. If you experience these problems (or if you are reading this 
prior to installation), you should remove it temporarily from your 
StartUp folder.
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If you receive the message "Setup has detected an incomplete 
installation," run the file ~SYMSHEL.EXE from the windows directory to 
clean up the left over files. This problem may occur when something 
interferes with the Windows RunOnce handling.
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2.0 System Information
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The Total Windows Memory value (located below the pie chart in System 
Information's Memory tab) is calculated by adding together the following 
numbers:
      total physical memory
    + total current swap file size 
    + total current free space on disk
    + total size of all currently loaded 32-bit applications
The last item is included in the total calculation because 32-bit 
applications under Windows 95 are "swapped out" by flushing them from 
memory, and then re-loading from the original disk image when they need 
to be "swapped in."
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System Information will report the bus type for "hybrid bus" systems as 
follows:
    VL/ISA is reported as ISA
    VL/EISA is reported as EISA
    PCI/ISA is reported as PCI
    PCI/EISA is reported as PCI
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It may take System Information an extended amount of time to gather 
information about network resources on large networks.
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Printing a report while using some versions of Adobe Type Manager (ATM) 
may cause the reversed text headings to print incorrectly.
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The Multimedia tab cannot gather information about the "cdaudio" MCI 
device while an audio CD is playing. System Information displays "Can 
not gather additional info" when this occurs.
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For network, CD, and compressed drives, the Disk Usage Selection on the 
Drive Tab is the total size of all selected items as reported by the 
file system. This does not include "slack" space (wasted space because 
of the device's cluster size), so the total amount allocated will often 
be slightly more than the size displayed by System Information.
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If the Windows 95 Device Manager shows an improperly configured device 
(represented by a yellow "!" symbol), System Information may be unable 
to display the correct information for this device. Also note that Plug 
& Play devices that are disconnected may be reported by the Windows 95 
Device Manager as configured. System Information will likely display a 
disconnected Plug & Play device as configured and active.
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System Information will identify a NexGen 586 computer as having a 386-
based processor. The NexGen processor uses a 386 instruction set.
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To learn more about benchmarking your computer, click Information from 
the System Benchmark window. Please note the following:

-	CMOS settings can be used to enable/disable the L1 and/or L2
	cache. If the CPU seems slower than it should, verify the cache 
	settings.
-	Some variation in the benchmark results is normal. System  
	Information is designed to exclude common outside factors, such 
	as most hardware interrupts, running applications, disk swapping, 
	etc. However, some low level system events cannot be completely 
	factored out. These events may cause minor variations in benchmark 
	results.
-	Although your computer may be the same CPU and MHz speed as other 
	computers, it does not mean that it will produce the same 
	benchmark results. Various other factors, such as the type and 
	speed of the system bus and memory, and the amount and 
	architecture of the memory cache, are accounted for and will 
	affect the speed of your computer and the results of the 
	benchmark.
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The option for physical benchmarking is disabled on CD-ROM drives. To 
obtain similar results, manually set the supplemental cache size to 
small and the access pattern to no read ahead for that drive before 
running the logical benchmark.
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When running the drive benchmark while using the Promise DC4030-VL2 EIDE 
disk controller the system may hang. See the troubleshooting section of 
the controller's user manual for possible solutions, such as using only 
one VESA card in the system.
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While running Scandisk, you may experience an invalid page fault when 
you click the Details button on the Internet Tab of System Information. 
