A.D.A.M. Standard for Windows

1) Why am I receiving the message,"This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down" when starting A.D.A.M. Standard?

The most likely cause of this error message is that your display may be set to run in more than 256 colors. Standard must be run in exactly 256 colors. To change your color setting, go to Start - Settings - Control Panel - Display - Settings and choose 256 from the list of Color Palettes. Click OK and then click YES to restart Windows when it asks you if you want to do so. Once Windows opens again the program should run without further error messages.

If you have confirmed that your display driver is set for 256 colors and you continue to receive the error message, your video driver may need to be updated. To do this, download the newest drivers for your video card from the manufacturer's web site or contact your manufacturer by phone.

If you are using Windows 3.x, you must change the number of colors by changing the video driver from the Windows Setup icon in the Main program group. Please see your computer's documentation or contact your computer manufacture for more details.

2) Why am I having trouble installing A.D.A.M. Studio?

If you are receiving the error message, "A.D.A.M. Studio was not enabled. Turn off the write-protection on the diskette and run setup again." when trying to install Studio, you need to delete a file called dummy.txt from the diskette. To do this, double-click the My Computer icon, and then double-click the icon representing your floppy disk drive. Click on dummy.txt to highlight it and press the delete key on your keyboard. Click YES to confirm the deletion.

If you continue to receive the error message, make sure the dummy file does not appear on the diskette, and make sure the disk's write-protection is turned off, as you may have switched it upon first receiving the message.

3) Can I run A.D.A.M. Standard on a network?

A.D.A.M. Standard was not designed to be run over a network. However, with the help of a program called CD-Quickshare, you can install the majority of the program on a server and run it from remote workstations.

CD-Quickshare is made by STAC, and allows our programs that are locked to CD to be networked. CD-Quickshare also has some disk compression features that improve performance of the program when run on a network. Please see STAC's web site at http://www.mediapathtech.com for a downloadable demo of CD-Quickshare, and then speak with one of our salespeople if you feel it would provide a solution for you.

Please note that Standard was not designed to run as an actual client/server based network product. Each workstation must be equipped with the actual application files (10Mb), while the server serves only as a source of storage for shared image files (450Mb). The benefits of this configuration include:

• allowing workstations without CD-ROM drives to use the program

• performance benefits created by running the program from a hard drive instead of from the CD

• ability to run the program from workstations without needing the CD

4) What are the differences between the institutional and student versions of Standard?

A.D.A.M. Standard is the undergraduate level, fully interactive anatomy software for reference and teaching within schools or professional practices. It is accompanied by another program, A.D.A.M. Studio, an authoring tool designed to allow users to create customized presentations. Studio must be used for printing and exporting A.D.A.M. images.

A.D.A.M. Standard Student Edition is a derivative designed for use solely as an undergraduate level student study program. The Student Edition has the same interactive access to anatomical information as its parent, but contains none of the presentation capabilities nor capability of linking to other programs. It is registered to an individual student owner/user and does not qualify for upgrade cost discounts.