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Installation Instructions

Setting up the Computers and Network
  • The public login/user profile must have unrestricted/write access to the required Shockwave "Prefs" folder. This does not apply if the computers are using Shockwave 10.

    "Prefs" Folder Location for Windows 9x Users: C:\Windows\system\Macromed\Shockwave 8\

    "Prefs" Folder Location for Windows NT/2000 Users: C:\Winnt\system32\Macromed\Shockwave 8\

    "Prefs" Folder Location for Windows XP Users: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Macromed\Shockwave 8\

  • If you have a firewall, Port 1626 must be unrestricted for outgoing TCP traffic.
  • If you have a proxy server, Port 1626 must be unrestricted for outgoing and incoming traffic.

After you have completed the above steps, test your computers’ setup at http://www.tutor.com/setup. This online diagnostic tool will automatically check to see whether Shockwave is installed, whether Port 1626 is open to traffic and if the machine has write access to Shockwave Prefs folder. Please note the Prefs folder is not present if you have Shockwave 10 installed so you should skip this step when testing.

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