Chapter 8 – Getting Help
Other considerations
While our support personnel will do their best to help you with your
software related problems, we know that on occasion a problem can be
traced to hardware or to another software application. We will supply as
much help as we can, but we can’t provide support for products
manufactured or published by another company. If you are having
problems with your video display or printer, please make sure that you have
the most current drivers for them. These can usually be found by contacting
your computer manufacturer directly.
Finally, this product is designed to be used on PCs configured with the
current versions of Microsoft Windows. This means that we tested for
those configurations, and not every operating environment that you might
encounter. Any non-standard hardware or software you have may be at the
root of your problem. If possible, please disable all such devices to be sure
that they are not causing your problem.
Technical support
Unlike other companies you may have worked with, PCS provides technical
support that is available using e-mail. You might find that e-mail is a more
satisfying way to get technical support. You won’t be put on hold, and the
technician will have time to fully consider your problems and formulate an
answer.
Technical support can be reached either from the bug reporting form on the
support web site, or directly by sending e-mail to:
To receive the fastest response to your technical questions, please include
the responses to ALL of the following items in your e-mail.:
•
What is the exact sequence of events that created the problem? Make
sure that you can reproduce the problem by following the same series
of steps.
•
What is the version number of UPStart? To get the version number
from the Help menu, choose About UPStart.
•
What is the type of computer you are using and what is the version of
Windows in use? The operating system version number can be found
using the control panel
System
applet.
•
Provide the exact wording of any error messages.
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