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Word 6.0 Printable Documents
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The following Microsoft Word 6.0 documents are located in
SKILLB\DOCUMENT directory:  
Course Objectives (XXXXXobj.doc), 
Course Reference Manual (XXXXXref.doc) 
and Skill Builder Help (skillb.doc). 
The objectives document contains all of the objectives 
for the course, listed in Unit, Lesson, Topic order.  
The Course Reference Manual is the printable Word 
document of the Course Reference Materials help file 
from the current course.  The Skill Builder Help file 
is the printable Word document which replicates the 
"How to Use Skill Builder 5.0 help file as accessed 
through the Help button in all Skill Builder courses.

Copies may be printed and distributed without 
breaching copyright and license agreements.  
Modifications to the documents may be made at your
discretion.



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Skill Builder README - Optimizing CD-ROM Performance
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If you are experiencing sluggish performance from your 
CD-ROM, here are a few suggestions to optimize your 
system's performance. Optimizing your system's 
performance will not only improve how NETG's courses
run, but also should improve the performance of any
other CD-ROM software products you may have.


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For Windows 95 users:
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When Windows 95 installs over Windows 3.X and DOS, 
older drivers for devices such as your CD-ROM may not be 
removed.  This can result in much slower performance.  
Drivers for most devices like CD-ROM drives are built
into Windows 95. You may need to remove references to 
old drivers in your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files 
in order for Windows 95 to recognize your CD-ROM drive.
If you are unfamiliar with this procedure, please 
contact your hardware manufacturer for assistance.

Many hardware manufacturers maintain support forums on 
CompuServe, the Internet, America Online, etc.  If you 
have access to one of these services, you may want to 
check there for updated drivers or procedures.



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For Windows 3.1 users:
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1. If you are not running DOS 6.2 or later, upgrade to 
DOS 6.2.  DOS 6.2 supports CD-ROM disk caching. (Disk 
caching means storing frequently used files in the computer's 
memory so that when they are needed the computer does 
not have to search for them on the CD-ROM.)

2. If you are running DOS 6.2 or later and you are 
experiencing sluggish performance with various CD-ROMs, 
check whether your system is set up to use disk caching 
with your CD-ROM drive. To do this please go to the DOS 
prompt (DOS icon is in your MAIN group) and type, 

	SMARTDRV 

and press the enter key.  The SMARTDRV program will display 
disk caching status information.  Check that your CD-ROM 
drive is included in the list.  If it is in the list, your 
system is configured properly.

However, if your CD-ROM drive does not appear in the list 
you will need to change your system setup.  To do this 
please follow these steps:  

(Please note, if you are familiar with the SysEdit tool 
in Windows you can also use that tool to incorporate the 
following edits.)

A.  In your DOS window change to your root directory by 
typing, 

	CD\ 

and then pressing enter.


B.  Make a backup file of your AUTOEXEC.BAT by typing, 

	copy AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.BAK 

and then press enter.


C.  Edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file by typing, 

	EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT 

and then press enter.


D.  Find the line which has SMARTDRV.EXE in it.  Copy this 
line to the clipboard by highlighting it and then using 
the Edit/Copy menu item.

Note:  If your AUTOEXEC.BAT file does not include a line 
with SMARTDRV.EXE in it, you will want to add one.  Since 
SMARTDRV varies with each version of DOS, we suggest you 
refer to your DOS documentation for the correct statement 
to add.  Please refer to the rest of our steps here to 
ensure you add your SMARTDRV statement in the proper 
sequence within AUTOEXEC.BAT.


E.  Find the line which has MSCDEX.EXE in it.  Paste the 
SMARTDRV.EXE line in AFTER the MSCDEX.EXE line.  (To paste 
a line, place your cursor at the beginning of the line 
following the MSCDEX.EXE line and use the Edit/Paste menu 
item.)


F.  Go back to the original SMARTDRV.EXE line and insert 
the letters REM followed by a space at the beginning of 
the line.


G.  Exit the editor by using the File/Exit menu item.  
When prompted, save the file.


H.  Close the DOS window by typing, 

	Exit

and pressing enter. Exit Windows and then re-boot your 
computer. When your computer re-boots, please repeat step 2 
to verify that disk caching is now enabled for your CD-ROM 
drive.

