Shooting Essentials
Frequently Asked Questions

After installing new version the system continues to run the old version?
What username and password do I use to get started?
How do I Zip my files for attachment to an E-mail message?
What is the quickest and easiest way to install the demo?
Is it possible to run two copies of Shooting Essentials on one computer?


After installing new version the system continues to run the old version?
You have probably installed the program into the wrong folder. You may find you have a nested situation such as C:\Shooting Essentials\Shooting Essentials – check your start up Icon and make sure the program is in the right place. Try searching for Register.Exe and check how many there are!
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What username and password do I use to get started?
When you first logon to the system you will be asked for a username and password. The demonstration system is distributed with Passwords option off. If you turn it on and do not set up your own user you will first need to use the user name of
admin and password admin. You should replace this user name and password as soon as you start using the system live. This can be done using Setup / Password Change.
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How do I Zip my files for attachment to an E-mail message?
1. You need to have the WinZip program to do this. If you donxt, you can get it from http://www.winzip.com/. Then install it on your system.
2. Open your Windows Explorer
3. Go to the folder C:\Program Files\Sentinel Register\Data
4. Check that the files displayed in the right window seem to be about the program, i.e. several files with names of Access, Barrel, Cal, Cert, Firearm etc.
5. Now press Ctrl + A (Hold down the Control key and press A). This should select all your files on the right hand side.
6. Now right click with the mouse over the selected files and select WinZip and 'Add to Data.zip'.
7. This will create a new file in the same folder called Data.zip.
8. This file can now me sent by attaching it to an email. Right click the Data.zip file and select Send to Mail Recipient.
9. This opens your email service and you can send it with any message.
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What is the quickest and easiest way to install the demo?
It is recommended that, unless you are an experienced user, you use all the system defaults offered. This will install your program into the Program Files folder and create shortcuts on your desktop, quick-start and Start | Programs sections.

There is a ReadMe.txt file that you will find in the C:\Shooting Essentials\Administration folder that explains in detail the installation routine.

If you decide, after using the demonstration system, that you would like to buy Sentinel Register, please select Setup and System details from the menu and use F1 Help, attached to that screen, to guide you through the process.

Once we receive your information, sent automatically from the program, and receive notification from the payment service that your payment has been processed we will send you a Customer Code to unlock your program.
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Is it possible to run two copies of Shooting Essentials on one computer?

Technically it is not possible to run more than one copy on the same Computer. The system holds the location of the data and therefore each of your copies of Shooting Essentials would still be going to the same dataset.
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