1166 Part VIII Appendixes

Shareware programs are fully functional, trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are copyrighted games, applications, and utilities that are free for personal use. Unlike shareware, these programs do not require a fee or provide technical support. GNU software is governed by its own license, which is included inside the folder of the GNU product. See the GNU license for more details.

Trial, demo, or evaluation versions are usually limited either by time or functionality (such as being unable to save projects). Some trial versions are very sensitive to system date changes. If you alter your computer’s date, the programs will “time out” and will no longer be functional.

Using the eBook version of AutoCAD 2006 and AutoCAD LT 2006 Bible

You can now have access to AutoCAD 2006 and AutoCAD LT 2006 Bible without lugging around a heavy book. The complete text of this book is on the CD-ROM in the \eBook folder in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF). The PDF format displays a picture of the pages

of the book. To read and search the book in this format, you need the Adobe Reader for Windows, which is on the CD-ROM in the \Software\Adobe Reader folder.

You can put Adobe Reader on your laptop and read while you travel. You can refer to the book when you’re in the field or on-site.

Troubleshooting

If you have difficulty installing or using any of the materials on the companion CD-ROM, try the following solutions:

Turn off any antivirus software that you may have running. Installers sometimes mimic virus activity and can make your computer incorrectly believe that a virus is infecting it. (Be sure to turn the antivirus software back on later.)

Close all running programs. The more programs that you’re running, the less memory is available to other programs. Installers also typically update files and programs; if you keep other programs running, installation may not work properly.

Reference the README: Please refer to the README file located at the root of the CD-ROM for the latest product information at the time of publication.

If you are trying to use an AutoCAD drawing, copy it to your local hard drive and remove its Read-Only attribute, as described in the sidebar, “Changing the Windows Read-Only Attribute.”

There is no way to install the CD-ROM as a whole; you can only install individual software applications on the CD-ROM or copy drawing files. For AutoLISP and VBA software, see information in the “Using the Software folder” section of this appendix.

If you still have trouble with the CD-ROM, please call the Wiley Product Technical Support phone number: (800) 762-2974. Outside the United States, call 1(317) 572-3994. You can also contact Wiley Product Technical Support at http://www.wiley.com/techsupport. Wiley Publishing will provide technical support only for installation and other general quality-control items; for technical support on the applications themselves, consult the program’s vendor or author.