User`s guide

Chapter 2: Installation 9
Windows NT
1 Insert the “MachineControl Install 1” diskette
into your computer.
2 Locate and double-click the “Install Machine-
Control.exe” application on the Installer dis-
kette.
3 Follow the on-screen instructions to install
the software on a selected hard drive. In most
cases, this will be your Windows System drive.)
4 When installation is complete, click Finish to
restart your computer.
5 Once your computer has restarted, if a warn-
ing dialog appears, click Cancel to close the dia-
log.
6 Launch Pro Tools, and follow the onscreen in-
structions for authorizing MachineControl. Be-
cause Pro Tools is typically installed on your
Windows System drive, this hard drive will be
selected. If you want to install the authorization
on another hard drive, navigate to its location
and select it.
7 Click OK.
Authorizing MachineControl
Each copy of MachineControl permits one hard
disk authorizations. Once you have installed
this authorization, you cannot perform addi-
tional authorizations until you reclaim an au-
thorization.
Macintosh Authorization
The Macintosh version of MachineControl
comes on a single floppy disk, which contains
all software necessary to install, authorize or de-
authorize/remove MachineControl on your
CPU. You can temporarily authorize Machine-
Control for Macintosh by placing the key dis-
kette in the computer’s floppy drive.
Windows Authorizaton
MachineControl for Windows NT is on two sep-
arate floppy disks. A DeAuthorizer application,
named “MachineControl DeAuthorizer.exe” is
installed automatically in the Pro Tools folder.
This application lets you reclaim authorizations
and return them to the “MachineControl Install
1" disk. You
cannot temporarily authorize
MachineControl for Windows by placing the
key diskette in the computer’s floppy drive.
Removing MachineControl
Software
If you want to remove MachineControl, deau-
thorize your hard drive before you remove the
MachineControl software.
Macintosh
To remove authorization from a hard drive:
1 Insert the “MachineControl Installer” diskette
into your computer.
2 Double-click the MachineControl DeAutho-
rizer icon on the diskette.
3 Click Setup.
4 From the Authorization pop-up menu, choose
Remove, then select the hard drive from the list
of connected drives.
5 Click Remove.
6 Click Done to finish the process.
It is not necessary to remove Machine-
Control software or reclaim an authoriza-
tion before you defragment or optimize your
drive. However, if you re-initialize (or refor-
mat) your hard drive, you must reclaim
MachineControl authorization (and all
other authorizations) or they will be erased.