| When Harry D. Rabbit
hits one of Earl's famous curve balls right over Stinky's head, it lands
in the spooky old house down the street. Harry and his friends
cautiously explore the house, searching for their ball, and have a host
of hair-raising experiences. Before they're done, they stumble across
dozens of startling sights and sounds. There are
animated characters that move and talk, sound effects, music, humor, and
lots of animations that create a whole new learning. |
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256 Colors Required |
| Harry and the Haunted
House (Living Books®) requires that the Colors (Windows® 98) or
Color Palette (Windows® 95) setting be set to 256 Colors. (This is a
minimum requirement of the program.) Following a step-by-step
procedure will allow you to change the setting or to verify that 256
Colors is chosen as one of the Display Settings. |
Complete the following
procedure to change the color settings to 256 colors.
- Click Start, choose Settings and then click
Control Panel.
- Double-click the Display icon.
- In the Display Properties window, select the
Settings tab.
- Near the bottom-left portion of the window,
under Colors (Windows® 98) or Color Palette (Windows® 95), click
the drop-down menu and choose 256 Colors.
- Click Apply near the bottom-right portion of
the window.
- Choose Yes if asked, "Do you want to restart
the computer?"
NOTE: If 256 Colors
is not an available setting, contact the computer manufacturer for
additional assistance and information. |
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Auto-Installation Does Not Begin |
| After inserting the
Harry and the Haunted House CD into the CD-ROM drive, the Auto-Play
feature of the computer does not start the installation. Installing
the program manually will resolve the issue. Consult the remainder
of this technical note for the procedure. |
Follow the steps
below for the operating system in use to complete a manual
installation of the program.
Windows®
- Place the Harry and the Haunted House CD into the CD-ROM
drive.
- Double-click the My Computer shortcut on the desktop.
- When the My Computer window opens, double-click the shortcut
that represents the drive containing the Harry and the Haunted
House CD. The installation Welcome window will open.
NOTE: If installation Welcome window does not open and the
contents of the CD are displayed instead, double-click the
Play.exe file to begin the installation.
- Click Next and follow the prompts to complete the
installation.
Macintosh®
- Place the Harry and the Haunted House CD into the CD-ROM
drive.
- Double-click the alias that represents the CD that was
inserted in Step 1. The installation window will open.
- Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
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CD Is Not Recognized |
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After inserting the CD
into the CD-ROM drive when prompted, the CD is not recognized. Any
number of the following conditions may cause this issue: wrong CD is
being used, CD needs cleaned, or the CD-ROM driver is corrupted,
outdated, or the wrong one. |
By completing the
procedures that follow, the CD-Read issue may be resolved. Begin
with item one and proceed through the list.
- Verify that the correct CD is being used when
prompted to insert the CD.
- Clean the CD. Place a small amount of
nonabrasive, liquid soap on the shiny side of the CD. Using your
fingertips and warm water, gently rub the soap on the CD in a
circular motion. Rinse the CD thoroughly and dry it using a clean,
soft T-shirt or lint-free towel. Do not use paper towels or tissue
paper.
- Change the Read Ahead setting in the following
manner:
- Return to the desktop and right click on the
My Computer icon.
- Select Properties from the menu that appears
and click on the Performance tab in the Systems Properties
window.
- Click the File System button and click the
CD-ROM tab.
- Locate Optimize Access Pattern For:.
- Click the arrow to the right of the
information field and select the No Read Ahead option.
- Restart Windows®.
- Verify that the most current version of the
driver for the CD-ROM drive is being used. Contact the computer
manufacturer for additional information.
- Try to use a different CD in the CD-ROM drive
to see if it can be read.
- If possible, insert the CD that is not being
recognized into the CD-ROM drive of another computer to see if the
issue remains.
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Platform: |
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OS 7.0.1
or later |
| CPU: |
Mac or PowerPC |
| Hard
Disk: |
5MB |
| RAM: |
8MB |
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CD-ROM: |
2X |
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Monitor: |
640x480, 256 color |
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Sound Card: |
yes |
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Optional: |
none |
| Other: |
Mouse,
Speakers |
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Win |
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Platform: |
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Win 3.1/95/98 |
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CPU: |
IBM or compatible 486SX or higher |
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Hard Disk: |
5MB |
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RAM: |
8MB |
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CD-ROM: |
2X |
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Monitor: |
Super VGA (640x480, 256 colors) |
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Sound Card: |
Win-compatible |
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Optional: |
none |
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Other: |
Mouse |
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