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Please set your display to full colour (24 or 32 bit) otherwise the photomontages and ZVIs will not display correctly. WINDOWS 7 and Vista Set WindFarm to run in XP SP2 compatibility mode. WindFarm 3D WindFarm 3D was developed using OpenGL (http://www.opengl.org)and OpenSceneGraph (http://www.openscenegraph.org). The OpenSceneGraph libraries are distributed under the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License version 0.0 (OSGPL) as described in OSGPublicLicense.doc A reasonable graphics card with hardware acceleration and OpenGL 2 driver compatibility is required for running WindFarm 3D. The minimum memory is 128MB, but at least 256MB (preferably 512MB) is recommended. Intel integrated graphics may not be suitable and NVidia cards have better OpenGL drivers than ATI cards if purchasing a new card is being considered. The OpenGL version number used with your graphics card will be shown in the WindFarm 3D About box. FILE EXTENSIONS WindFarm uses the file extension (or of files. For that reason it is best files. To do this in Explorer select View tab. Uncheck the box "Hide file GRAPHS AND SPREADSHEETS When running WindFarm for the first time the messages "Failure to register First Impression" or "Failure to register Formula One" may appear. If using Windows Vista start WindFarm for the first time by right-clicking on the program and selecting "Run as administrator". Otherwise or if the data input spreadsheets (turbine data and wind distribution) or graphs (turbine data, wind distribution and various modules) do not display you may have an old system and some system files need updating or the registration of the components needs repeating. First of all try the following: 1 Use Explorer to navigate to C:\Program Files\RESoft\WindFarmR4 (or where ver you installed the programs). 2 Double click on REGVCR4.EXE to run this program - a dialog will appear showing the OS and registry values. 3 Click on the "Check Registration of Visual Components" button - a dialog will appear with buttons for the two components. 4 Click on the Un-register button of each component - messages should appear saying that it has failed or succeeded. qualifier) to distinguish between a number to make file extensions visible for all Folder Options from the menu and then the extensions for known file types".

5 Click on the Register button of each component - messages should appear saying that it has succeeded. 6 Restart WindFarm, open the Quick Tour project TURH, and then open the wind distribution file RTURH001.WFR. 7 Viewing and editing the wind distribution will test that both components are operating. If this fails and you have a Windows 95 system see W95.TXT in the \VCI folder on the installation CD. For any other operating system please try installing the latest service packs. If the graphs and/or spreadsheets still do not appear the please contact ReSoft.

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