Thank you for purchasing Acces4! This document provides a quick overview of the Acces4 setup process.
Acces4 requires the following:
Administrative rights are required for installation only. Actual disk space requirements (typically 50-75MB, max 600MB) depend on what database modules, or item banks, you're licensed for and choose to install.
Be sure to uninstall previous versions of Acces4 before running the Setup Wizard on the CD. To do this, open Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel and remove any entries for Acces4.
Insert the Acces4 CD into your drive. If the Setup Wizard does not start automatically, open My Computer, open your CD drive, then double-click the setup.msi file.
Follow the directions in the setup wizard.Insert the Acces4 CD and double-click the Install Acces4 icon to begin the installer. If you're asked about a program that needs to be run during installation, please click . Please read the End-User License Agreement carefully. If you do not agree with the terms, you should quit the Setup wizard and make arrangements to return the product.
Be sure to enter your School Name and Keycode exactly as it appears on the CD sleeve. Click to continue. If you lose your Keycode, please contact your System Administrator or EducAide.
Choose for the Setup Type. Advanced users can choose Custom to change the Acces folder or change which database modules are installed.
Click to start copying files. Installation takes about 2-6 minutes, depending on your computer's speed and how many database modules are being installed.
After the files are copied, Acces is ready to run. Click to end the Setup wizard.
If you have any questions or need help installing or running Acces, please call EducAide Software at 800.669.9405, send email to support@educaide.com, or visit us online at www.educaide.com.
Browse the contents of the Acces4 CD using My Computer (you may need to right-click on your CD drive and select Explore to prevent the Acces Setup wizard from running). Double-click the dotnetfx.exe file to install the .NET Framework. Once .NET is installed, run the Acces4 Setup wizard again.
Either log in with an account that has Administrative rights, or ask a System Administrator to install Acces for you.
Yes, you can. There are four steps involved in installing Acces on a network:
For notes on performing these steps, including tips on how to automate steps 2-4 across multiple computers, see the article Acces4 for Windows® — Network Installation
Your school or district might have a version of the Acces installer on its network. If this is the case, EducAide recommends copying the setup.exe program from the network to the local computer before installation. If you try to run setup.exe directly from a shared network drive, Acces may give you an error message and back out of the installation.
Please see the article Acces4 for Windows® — Network Installation for information about installing Acces4 for use across a network.
The shortcut to the Access program can be found in the Start Menu > All Programs > Acces 4 folder. You can copy this shortcut to your desktop or any other convenient location.
Look again at the keycode printed on the CD sleeve. Be sure you have typed 5 groups of 6 characters, each separated by a hyphen. For example:
123456-ABCDEF-789012-GHJKLM-345678
Make sure you use the numbers 0 and 1 and not the letters O and I. School names and keycodes are not casesensitive, but spacing and punctuation must match the label on your CD sleeve.
No, you do not need to remove it. You can run both Acces 3.x and Acces4 on the same computer. Acces4 will open documents created by Acces 3.x, but the reverse is not true (Acces 3.x will not open documents created by Acces4).
It is probably best to remove Acces 3.x if you don't plan on using it anymore. Do this by simply deleting the program folder, normally C:\ACC. Don't forget to back up any of your files in the Docs subfolder, or any graphics or input files that you created or modified.
Click when asked. Doing so lets the Acces4 setup program verify your school name and keycode so that it can install the correct database modules.
If you have administrative rights, you can enter your login information and continue. If you don't have administrative rights, you'll need to find a System Administrator to help you install Acces.
Look again at the keycode printed on the CD sleeve. Be sure you have typed 5 groups of 6 characters, each separated by a hyphen. For example:
123456-ABCDEF-789012-GHJKLM-345678
Make sure you use the numbers 0 and 1 and not the letters O and I. School names and keycodes are not casesensitive, but spacing and punctuation must match the label on your CD sleeve.
No, you do not need to remove it. You can run both Acces 3.x and Acces4 on the same Mac, but it's probably best to remove Acces 3.x if you don't plan on using it anymore. Do this by moving the old program folder, usually /Acces, to the Trash. Don't forget to back up any of your files in the Docs subfolder, or any graphics or input files that you created or modified.
Unfortunately, there are no plans to support network installations of Acces4 for Mac.
It's in the /Applications folder of the volume, or disk, you selected during the setup process. Look for the Acces4 subfolder.