Royal Historical Society Bibliography on CD ROM

System Requirements

• PC with 486 processor, or better
• 16MB RAM
• SVGA monitor set to display 256 colours
• CD-ROM drive
• Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT3.51, NT4

Technical Issues

1:		Problems searching using the <Alt>+<g> keyboard shortcut
2:		Installing the RHistS to run from the hard disk alone
3:		The RHistS on Windows XP

1: Problems searching using the <Alt>+<g> keyboard shortcut

When starting a search using the keyboard shortcut <Alt>+<g>, the following error message “RHSPROJ caused a general protection fault in module RHISTS.EXE” There is a patch available for download which corrects this problem RHistsS.ZIP. Extract the RHistS.EXE and copy it to your hard disk overwriting the existing file, usually located in C:\RhistSoc

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2: Installing the RHistS to run from the hard disk alone

Follow the steps below:

[1]	Copy the contents of the CD-ROM to a folder on the hard disk, e.g. C:\RHSB
[2]	Run the SETUP.EXE from the folder C:\RHSB, and follow this on-screen instructions

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3: The RHistS on Windows XP

It may be the case that the shortcuts to the RHistS (usually found in the START menu) do not appear when logged in as a different user to that which performed the installation. If this happens, use My Computer to navigate to the RHIST.EXE file (usually found in C:\RHIST) to create a new shortcut.

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