CVW Windows Client Installation Instructions

The CVW Installer will install the CVW client application and related tools (e.g., shared whiteboard application, audio conferencing tool, video conferencing tool) in the default location of C:\Program Files\Mitre\CVW and create a Windows program group for CVW. The installation location can be changed during installation. On Windows 95 platforms, a "User" directory (for user preferences and document cache) is created in the CVW application directory. On NT 4.0 platforms, a "CVWUser" directory is created in the NT user's home directory. The installer will establish file associations between files with .cvw extensions (CVW startup files) and the CVW.exe, and between files with .mwb (shared whiteboard) extensions and the whiteboard runtime application.

Upgrading the CVW Windows Client

1. Save changes to any documents you were editing in CVW. Otherwise, changes made to those documents will be lost.
   
   
2. Uninstall the previous version of CVW.
   
   • Quit the CVW application.
   • Quit all other applications, including any background processes such as a virus scanner.
   • Open the "Add/Remove Programs" from the Control Panel (Select Settings->Control Panel from the Windows Start menu).
   • Find and select the "MITRE CVW" entry in the list and click the "Add/Remove..." button.  Answer "Yes" to the confirmation dialog.
   • The uninstaller will display the status and may report that some files were not deleted. Click the "OK" button when the uninstall process has completed.
     
     
3. Follow the procedures below to install the new version of the CVW client.

Installing the CVW Windows Client

1. Download the PC application version of the client and the default server configuration file.
   
   
   • Quit all running applications, including any background processes such as a virus scanner.
   
   
   • Double click on the CVW32Installer.  A starter screen, will appear; click the "Finish" button to extract the installer.
     
     
   • The installer will display a "Welcome" screen; click on the "Next" button. You will be prompted with two software license agreements. Read each and click on the "Yes" button to accept each of the terms and proceed with the installation.
     
     
   • The installer will prompt you to install the CVW software into C:\Program Files\MITRE\CVW. Click on the "Next" button to accept the default location, or click on the "Browse" button to select another location and then click "Next".
     
     
   • The installer will notify you of the Program folder in which the program group will be installed. You may accept the default location or specify another location, and click the "Next" button to proceed.
     
     
   • The installer will search your system for CVW server configuration files and display them in a dialog box. Check the configuration files you would like to have associated with the new CVW installation; these will automatically be added to the CVW Program group and copied to the CVW application directory. The installer will not remove any files from your system.
     
     
   • The installer will install the CVW software, and will prompt you with the "Setup Complete" screen when complete. Click the "Finish" button.
     
     
2. If this is the first time installing the CVW client, you should run vc.exe. This is a program which will initialize the video drivers in your pc with the video tool (vic.exe). If the client was installed in the default directory, vc.exe is located in the C:\Program Files\Mitre\CVW\modules\vic directory.
   • Open a MS-DOS Command Prompt window.
   • Change into the C:\Program Files\Mitre\CVW\modules\vic directory.
   • Run vc.exe.
3. To set up CVW to automatically start when you turn on your computer, create a Shortcut to the Server.cvw startup file (typically located in C:\Program Files\Mitre\CVW) and place it in your "StartUp" folder in the "Programs" folder of your Start menu.
   • Select "Taskbar..." from the "Settings" menu of the Start menu.
   • Click on the "Start Menu Programs" tab, and click "Add" button.
   • Click the "Browse" button and find the "Server.cvw" file you want to use. Click the "Next" button.
   • Select the "StartUp" folder. Click the "Next" button.
   • Accept or Change the name for the shortcut. Click the "Finish" button.
     
     
4. You are now ready to run the CVW client. Select the CVW 3.2 application from your Start menu or double click on the "Server.cvw" icon.
   
   You will be prompted to log in to CVW.
   
   
   
   Enter your CVW user name and password and click on the "OK" button.
   The CVW client will appear.
   
   
   
   Select the "Exit" option from the File menu to disconnect.

Last update: 13 October 2000

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