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Installing and Registering Farm Works Software

Are you looking for step-by-step, easy to understand instructions about how to install Farm Works Software on desktop and handheld computers? Follow these instructions!

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1. The CD will auto-run upon insertion into the CD drive. Installation choices will be:
   

Install Farm Works Office Programs: includes Farm Trac, Farm Funds, Farm Stock and Farm Site (along with Trac Mate, Greenstar Yield Tools and Calibrate)

Install Site Pro: option installs Site Pro (along with Greenstar Yield Tools, and the Calibrate)

Install Site Mate: installs Site Mate (any module), Guide Mate and Calibrate

Note: To complete Site Mate and Guide Mate installation to a mobile device, make sure that the device is synchronized with your desktop computer (the Active Synch icon in the lower right-hand corner of your screen should be lit up and green)

Install Navman Drivers: installs the required drivers to use a Navman GPS receiver with Site Mate

Demos: program demos

Tutorials: program tutorials

2. Select the program(s) to be installed and follow through the installation wizard.

Note: To install more than one of the above options, you will have to repeat the installation process. For example, if you have Farm Trac, Farm Site and Site Mate you will have to install twice. Farm Trac and Farm Site is one installation and Site Mate another.

3. The destination directory will default to c:\farmproj (this can be changed by clicking Browse)

   1. Reinstalling/Updating-make sure install directory is the same as the first installation
      
4. Enter CD key numbers for each program owned (except Greenstar, Calibrate, & Navman Drivers-these do not require CD keys). Note that your will need new CD keys. These keys are provided on a sticker on the back of your new CD case.
5. Once installation is completed and the computer restarted, a Farm Works shortcut icon will be created on the desktop. Open the shortcut and enter the licensee name.
6. If you are installing the Trac Mate program, the next time your hand held device is synchronized an installation window will appear asking if you would like to install at that time.

Registering Farm Works Software

1. New Farm Works users will have 20 unregistered uses available once they install the software.
   

   The screen asking for registration numbers will appear each time the program is opened until the registration numbers are either entered or all 20 uses are used. Once the initial 20 uses are exhausted registration numbers will have to be entered to continue use of the program. You will not need to re-register your software when installing an update.

2. If registration numbers are not initially entered, users will not have full access to all of the software features (i.e. users will not be able to exit Initial Setup until reg. numbers are entered).

3. There are three ways to register.

1. On-line: there is a direct link to On-line Registration from the Farm Works registration screen or go to www.farmworks.com/register. You will receive the registration numbers via email within 24 hours (usually less than that).

2. By phone: call Farm Works to receive registration numbers.

3. By fax or mail: Print out a request for registration numbers and fax or mail it to Farm Works (there is a button available for this on the screen that asks for the registration number).

4. Before registration numbers can be generated, you must be set up in the Farm Works Software company's database with the correct programs and CD key numbers assigned to them. Once this is completed, Farm Works Software will need the Installation ID number (for Trac, Funds, Stock, Site, Trac Mate and Site Pro).

5. The installation ID # is a 5-digit number found on the screen asking for registration numbers just below the registered name (this number is unique to each computer that the software is installed onto).

Site Mate has a slightly different registration process

1. Registration of version 8.4 and higher requires a 6-digit machine ID number found on the screen asking for the Site Mate registration numbers.

   1. If you have cancelled out of the registration, the screen can be found by going to File-About Farm Site Mate-Registration Info.
      
2. For versions prior to 8.4, you will also need to know your Customer ID number (no machine ID number required). The Customer ID can be obtained from Farm Works by phone or email.

Once the registration numbers are entered, you will have full access to the purchased program(s).

** If you are installing Farm Works to a new computer, it is only necessary to install the latest version of Farm Works that you have. You do not need to install all previous versions.

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