Open Contacts

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System Requirements
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* PII or above, 128M
* Windows 98/NT/2000/XP  
* Latest Windows patches
* Email clients such as Outlook Express, Netscape Mail, Mozilla, or MS-Outlook [optional]  
* Windows Phone Dialer [Optional]


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Installation
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1.	First Time Installation

Run "Setup.exe", and click "Next" buttons to the end. 

You can run Open Contacts right away, in addition, you may click on the Demo link to evaluate features with demo data. Then click on the "Live data" link to get back to the live database.

2.	Upgrading 

Be sure that you have a backup copy of existing database. By default, it is "default.gdb" in the data folder under the program folder.

Run "Setup.exe", and click "Next" buttons. When selecting components, select "Programs only for upgrading" from the dropdown list.

When upgrading from version 2.x to version 3.0, Open Contacts will upgrade the database from version 2.0 to version 2.1 when it runs the first time.

3.	Installing for LAN

Install the program first, then read the "Data Sharing Guide" of the user manual to change settings.


