Biblioscape is designed to be installed by any user. Whether or not you have an administrator account on your computer (normally, Windows programs can only be installed if the user has administrator rights), you can install Biblioscape. As a result, there is no shortcut created automatically and Biblioscape is not added to the Windows programs list, although it is very easy to do that manually after installation.
Installation
- Create a new folder on your hard drive. We call this the "installation folder". If you have Windows Vista, do not create this folder under "C:\Program Files\". We recommend you create the installation folder at "C:\Biblioscape 7\".
- After downloading the Biblioscape installation file "bsp7.exe" from the web, double-click the executable to run it. You will be prompted about the installation. Click the OK button.
- The WinZip self-extractor window will appear. Click the "Browse..." button and select the folder you created in step one. Click the UnZip button. Biblioscape will be uncompressed to the folder you selected. After unzipping, Biblioscape will start automatically if you leave the option checked.
Please read the license agreement in the Biblioscape installation folder. If you have a previous version of Biblioscape on your computer, please install the new version to a different folder. There is no need to uninstall the previous version. The installation of Biblioscape itself takes about another 30 megabytes.
Windows 95, 98, Millenium, NT, 2000
Any Windows account can install Biblioscape. Your account can be an administrator, a standard user, or a restricted user. The installation folder can be in any place. For example: "c:\program files\Biblioscape 7\", "c:\Bibliosacpe 7\", "c"\my downloads\", or "My Documents".
Windows XP
Windows XP does not allow users with a limited account to write to most folders. If you have an administrator account, you can install Biblioscape in any folder you want. But if you want others with limited accounts to run it, you have to put the installation folder in a place where every user has write privileges, for example: "C:\Shared Documents\Biblioscape 7\". If you only have a limited account, you can install Biblioscape under the "Shared Documents" folder if you want others to run it. Or you can put the installation folder under "My Documents".
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is more restrictive than Windows XP for security reasons. Even if you have an administrator account, you cannot install Biblioscape under the "C:\Program Files\Biblioscape 7\" folder because Vista won't let Biblioscape write files in sub-folders of "C:\Program Files\Biblioscape 7\". You must put the installation folder in a place over which you have full control, for example, "C:\Biblioscape 7\" or "C:\manual\biblioscape7\". If you want others to be able to run it, you have to put the installation folder in the Public folder. If you don't have administrator privileges, users with standard accounts can still install Biblioscape by putting the installation folder in the folder with your login name, or the public folder.
System Requirements
Biblioscape runs only under Windows 95, 98, Millennium, NT 4, 2000, XP, and Vista. It also runs under 64 bit Vista and XP. Users have run it under WINE on Linux with success. It does not run under Windows 3.1, or other operating systems (Macintosh, UNIX). But, once published on the web using BiblioWeb, users can access a Biblioscape database with any computer (PC, Macintosh, and UNIX workstations…) through a web browser. Web access includes searching the Biblioscape database, retrieving references in any desired format, modifying existing records, and even adding new records and formatting documents. BiblioWeb requires Biblioscape Professional or Librarian editions. But all features of Biblioscape are available for the first 100 runs in the trial edition.