Ensure that no conflict exists with IRQ4 (com1-com3) or IRQ3 (com2-com4). This can be checked by selecting:

Start->Settings->Control Panel then double click on the System icon and select Device Manager. Double click on Ports, then select the com port in trouble. Select the Resources tab. I/O address and IRQ will be displayed along with any conflicts.

COM1 = IRQ4 I/O 3F8

COM2 = IRQ3 I/O 2F8

COM3 = IRQ4 I/O 3E8

COM4 = IRQ3 I/O 2E8

SPM configuration changes

The C:\spm\ams.cfg file is examined every time SPM is run. If you change your system configuration, you can delete your ams.cfg and execute SPM.EXE. SPM will detect the fact that ams.cfg is missing and run the configuration program again to allow you to modify your default configuration.

1) Insert the SPM installation disk into the floppy drive.

2) There are several alternatives to installing SPM with the English Language:

Option I. WINNT Select menu item Start->Run and type A:INSTALNT.BAT

Option II. Select menu item Start->Programs->MS-DOS Prompt. At the DOS prompt, switch to the drive with the SPM Installation diskette (usually the A: drive). At the DOS prompt, type one of the commands shown below and press ENTER. WinNT instalnt.bat

Option III. Select menu item Start->Programs->Windows Explorer. Select the floppy drive that contains the SPM Installation diskette. Select and run Instal95.bat or Instalnt.bat (either by double clicking on it or select it with a single click and use the menu choice FILE->OPEN)

3) A message similar to the one shown below will appear:

SPM WINDOWS 95/NT HARD DISK INSTALLATION PROGRAM

Press any key to continue....

4) Press any key to begin the installation.

5) If the PC does not have a copy of PRINT.EXE in any directory listed in the system's PATH environment, then the following message will appear:

Copying print.exe to directory c:\spm.

file(s) copied

WARNING - The application you are adding to the Windows version table may not have been verified by Microsoft on this version of Windows.

Please contact your software vendor for information on whether this application will operate properly under this version of Windows.

If you execute this application by instructing Windows to report a different MS-DOS version number, you may lose or corrupt data, or cause system instabilities. In that circumstance, Microsoft is not responsible for any loss or damage.

Version table successfully updated.

The version change will take effect the next time you restart your system.

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SPM Note: The warning message seen above was produced by the SETVER command. This command was used in the SPM install program to set the proper version of the PRINT.EXE file in the DOS version table. Please note that in Windows 95, running SETVER always produces the warning message seen above, even when the command is run properly.

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Press any key to continue . . .

6) When SPM installation is complete, the following message appears:

Installation of SPM for DOS on your Windows 95/NT hard drive is now complete. For easy access to SPM from Windows 95/NT, configure an

SPM.PIF file (shortcut to MSDOS). See the SPM Manual for details.

Press any key to continue . . .

7) Press any key.

If you installed SPM using Option 2 above, you will need to close the DOS window. To do this type "exit" at the DOS prompt. If the window does not close, then the "Close on Exit" property for that DOS window is not set and you'll need to close the window by clicking on the upper right most window icon (the box with an "X" in it).

If you installed SPM using Option 3, the DOS window will close.

8) If the PRINT.EXE file was copied to your PC in step 5, you must reboot the PC.

9) You should now configure a PIF file for SPM. Use the instructions below.

Refer to the Windows NT help topic on "PIF" for details on using the PIF Editor to implement a SPM PIF file to work with the SPM.EXE.

Select menu item Start -> Programs -> Windows Explorer. Double click on the C: drive, SPM folder, then highlight the SPM.EXE application file. Now select the menu item File->Properties. The screen that pops up will have tabs along the top. (you may need to change the view options to see file extension names)

In Program Tab: Put the following line in the Cmd line entry:

C:\SPM\SPM.EXE

Put the following line in the Working entry:

C:\SPM

Put the following line in the Batch File entry:

C:\SPM\SPM.BAT

Make sure the Close on exit check box is checked.

In Screen Tab: You can optionally check the Full Screen check box.

Select Apply then OK. You should now have a Shortcut to MS-DOS icon in the C:\SPM folder. This is also referred to as a PIF file (program information file) Right click on the Shortcut, select copy, Right click on your Desktop, select paste and you have a correctly configured copy of the shortcut for desktop users to run.

You can now double click on the SPM.EXE application icon or the SPM "Shortcut to MS-DOS" icon to run SPM. When you quit SPM (by hitting the HOME key), the window will automatically close.

To Configure a PIF file for SPM on WIN/NT:

Select menu item Start -> Programs -> Windows NT Explorer. Double click on the C: drive, SPM folder, then highlight the SPM.EXE application file. Now select the menu item File->Properties. The screen that pops up will have tabs along the top. (you may need to change the view options to see file extension names)

In Program Tab: Put the following line in the Cmd line entry:

C:\SPM\SPM.EXE

Put the following line in the Working entry:

C:\SPM

Click the Windows NT button

Autoexec filename should be c:\spm\spm.nt

Config filename should be c:\spm\spmcnfg.nt (I've seen variations on this name. check the file name to be sure: dir *.nt)

Make sure the Close on exit check box is checked.

In Screen Tab: You can optionally check the Full Screen check box.

Select Apply then OK. Right click on SPM.EXE, select Create Shortcut. You should now have a Shortcut to MS-DOS icon in the C:\SPM folder. This is also referred to as a PIF file (program information file) Right click on the Shortcut, select copy, Right click on your Desktop, select paste and you have a correctly configured copy of the shortcut for desktop users to run.

Right click on spmcnfg.nt and select open with -> NOTEPAD

Highlight any line with c:\winnt in it and replace it with %SystemRoot%

example: device=c:\winnt\system32\setver.exe

change to: device=%SystemRoot%\system32\setver.exe

device=c:\winnt\system32\ansi.sys

device=%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys

Save it and exit notepad.

You can now double click on the SPM.EXE application icon or the SPM "Shortcut to MS-DOS" icon to run SPM. When you quit SPM (by hitting the HOME key), the window will automatically close. If you get an error complaining about Wrong DOS Version...

Find the setver.exe program (usually c:\winnt\system32\setver.exe) but not necessarily...

type: cd c:\winnt\system32 (use the correct directory on these two lines...)

setver c:\winnt\system32 print.exe 6.22

setver will then show you a list, check for PRINT.EXE 6.22

SPM should run fine now.