Windows 2000/XP:

Typically your local technician handles your network setup.  If you want to try it yourself, here is some help.

Open My Network Places from the Windows desktop.  If the icon does not appear on your desktop, open Windows explorer and you can access it from there.  Click on Entire Network and select Microsoft Windows Network.  Next you should see a workgroup displayed, the name will typically be something applicable to your organization.  I.E. we use "ChamberWare" as our workgroup name.  Perhaps the workgroup name will reflect your organization name.  Open the workgroup.  You should see a list of computer names here.  Look for one that indicates it is the server, i.e. "cw-server" is the name of ours.  When you find it, open it up.  There will be a list of some shared folders, or drives.  In certain cases a computer tech may have shared the Visual ChamberWare folder for everyone on your network.  If that is the case you will see a folder called Vcware. Otherwise you may see a folder titled C-drive.  If that is the case, just use the C-drive to map your computer to.

Simply click it once to select it.  Then click the Tools pull-down menu and choose Map Network Drive.

If at all possible, use the letter F: as the drive to map.  Next click the Browse button.  You will need to go down the list of network places and refer back to the original path on the server.  This will enable Windows to properly map the drive to the precise location you need.  If the shared folder was the Vcware directory, then you will need to point to this particular folder.

Once you are finished, click OK.  Make certain you check the box  Reconnect at logon.  This will tell Windows to automatically establish a recurring connection with the server.  This is important so you can access the ChamberWare files each time your computer boots up. 

Once you click Finish, Windows will automatically open up the folder location you mapped.  If you mapped the C-Drive, you will need to open the Vcware folder to access the files.  You may then run the WorkstationSetup.exe file to continue with the rest of the setup.  For more information on completing the setup, refer to Setting up a Workstation.