SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP5742
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Presario 4800 Fix for Movie Files
VERSION:  1.00 Rev A
LANGUAGE:  US English

CATEGORY:  Consumer/Software Solutions

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Presario 4840, 4850

OPERATING SYSTEM:  Microsoft Windows 95 

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  30 December 1997

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes 

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.x

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  Creates a diskette with a patch that fixes a problem 
that can occur when attempting to play a movie file with an .mpg 
or .avi extension on one of the Presario models mentioned above.  
When the user double-clicks on one of these file types, instead of 
playing the movie, the system gives the error message: 

      Windows cannot find c:\compaq\voyetra\as2\vs2.exe

This patch associates .mpg and .avi movie files to the media player as 
the default viewer so that the files will open and play properly when 
selected.

HOW TO USE:

1. Obtain a formatted 1.44-MB diskette.

2. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change 
to that directory.  The file that is downloaded is an executable with 
a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above.

3. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file 
and follow the on-screen instructions.  You will be prompted to 
insert the formatted diskette in a drive to create the diskette.

4. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the  
SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2.

5. To install the update, run SETUP.EXE.  For example, with the diskette 
in drive A, select Start, select Run, then enter:

    a:\setup

6. Follow the on-screen instructions provided by the installation program.

Copyright 1997, Compaq Computer Corporation.  All rights reserved.

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