READ ME FILE


     Office of Personnel Management
     Computation of Interest on Back Pay System
                           
     ReadmeWD.txt File 
     Downloading and Installation Instructions
     July 1999

     
     REQUIREMENTS
     
     1.   The program was specifically designed to run under the 
          Windows 95 Operating System. The program may run on some
          other operating systems (e.g., some testing was done on
          Windows NT version 4); however, we cannot guarantee
          compatibility. 
     
     2.   Your display screen must be set to 800 x 600 pixels before
          you start the program. The display settings can be verified
          or changed by taking the following actions in Windows 95:
     
          From the Start menu, select Settings then Control Panel.
          Double-click on the Display icon. Click on the Settings
          tab. In the Desktop area box, make sure the setting is
          800 x 600 pixels and change the Color palette to the
          highest color count. This should be at least 256 or True
          Color (32 bit), if available. 
     
     3.   You should have at least 7 MB of space available on your 
          hard drive to accommodate installation of the program. 
          (The program will require 1 to 7 MB of space depending 
          on whether certain support files are already loaded on 
          your computer.)


     DOWNLOADING INSTRUCTIONS

     1.   Before beginning the download, you should close all running 
          applications.

     2.   Click on the download link on the 'Computation of Interest
          Back Pay System' web page.
                

     3.   Select a folder on your hard disk to download the program file
          (backpay.exe).     

     4.   Begin the download process.  The length of time for downloading
          may depend on your system's download speed.


    INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
     
     1.   Go the the folder where you downloaded the program file 
          'backpay.exe'.

     2.   Double click on the 'backpay.exe' file to initiate the
          installation process.

     3.   A 'WinZip Self-Extractor' screen is displayed showing the default
          directory 'C:\temp'.

          Unless there is a valid reason for changing this, just accept the
          default settings.  [NOTE:  'When Done Unzipping Run SETUP.EXE'
          should be selected to automatically start the program installation
          process.]

          Click on 'Unzip'.
     
     4.   Setup will display a window that states:
     
          "Copying initialization files...
          (These files will be removed if setup is cancelled)"
          
     5.   An OPM Project Setup screen is displayed that states:
              
          "Welcome to the OPM Back Pay Interest System installation
          program.  Setup cannot install system files or update
          shared files if they are in use.  Before proceeding, we
          recommend that you close any application you may be running."
          
          If you do have any applications running, exit the setup
          program, close the applications, and begin the setup process
          again (go to Step 2).
     
          If all applications are already closed, click on the 'OK'
          button.
     
    6.    An OPM Back Pay Interest System Setup screen is displayed
          showing the default directory of
          'C:\Program Files\OPM Back Pay Interest System\'.
     
          Unless there is a valid reason for changing this, just accept
          the default directory by clicking on the large button with a
          picture of a computer on it.  (If you choose an alternative
          directory, we advise that the directory be located on your
          computer's C: drive.)
     
     7.   After the Setup program has finished running, the following      
          message appears:
     
          "OPM Back Pay Interest System Setup was completed successfully."
          
          Click on 'OK'.
     
     8.   From the Start menu, select Programs, then OPM Back Pay Interest
          System.  From the Main Menu, select Help to view additional
          online documentation for the system.  The documentation will be
          displayed in Microsoft Internet Explorer as a web page.  You 
          can print from there if you desire to obtain a hard copy. 
     

    REINSTALLATION

     If it is necessary to reinstall the programs again on the same
     computer:
     
          NOTE:  If you want to keep the entries already entered in the
          database, you must copy the OPM.MBD file to another directory 
          to preserve it before completing the following steps.
          
     A.   From the 'Start' menu, select 'Settings' and then 'Control
          Panel'.
      
     B.   Double-click on the 'Add/Remove Programs' icon.
     
     C.   Highlight the OPM Back Pay Interest System and click on the
          'Add/Remove' button.  Click on 'Yes' to the Application
          Removal message.
     
     D.   Follow the steps above to re-install. 
     
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