SimplyFix v.4.1


User Manual
Before start
Possible errors during install
How to INSTALL a fixpack
How to BACKOUT a fixpack
At the END
Download Tips
 
 


Author
TIME di Stefano Zamprogno
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31030 Biadene di Montebelluna (TV)
Italy

 
Before Start... 

Before installing system components, as fixpaks are, it is a good rule to close all running applications, including
desktop enhancers such as npswps, pmpatrol, screensavers, etc...
 



BEWARE
Make sure the temporary directory andthe directory with the *.dsk files are not the same. The temporary directory is removed when exiting SimplyFix (however, confirmation is asked).

 
Possible errors during install... 
"NO FILES TO SERVICE"
If you get this message, or you do not succeed in applying the fixpak, it means  that:
You will have to look for and then eitherremove or rename the following files: This also applies to the files: Finally, do the renaming/removal also for the file:
Restart the fixpak installation.
"PREVIOUS INSTALLATION INTERRUPTED"

If this happened, look for the following files:

and the following directory: If they exist, rename them and restart the installation. At the end, erase the previously renamed files.
"UNABLE TO OPEN ARCHIVE DIRECTORY"
This happens often if you have removed the folders where previous versions of fixpaks are archived.
This is no real problem. You only have to remove the files listed in the tips named  'no files to service...' and
'previous installation interrupted...'
 
 
How to INSTALL a fixpack... 
Step 1

Copy all the fixpak files in a single folder; make sure the folder does NOT contain any other file.
There have to be only files with extensions *.dsk, *.1dk, etc...
 

Step 2

Click on 'Browse' button. This specify the temporary directory where
SimplyFix will uncompress the fixpak.
A capacity of about 30MB (at least) is requested. The directory must exist already and must be empty.
 
 



BEWARE
All the files and folders in the aforementioned directory will be
removed at the end of the fixpak installation.
Step 3

Once you have found the folder, just d-click on one of the files: SimplyFix
will load and sort all of them. They will then appear in the main listbox.

Step 4

Now you must select one of two action to perform:
 

Apply Fixpak
Install (Apply) fixpak to your system.
Backout Fixpak
Remove (Backout) latest fixpak from your sistem.
Step 5

OK, now that most of the work is done, just click on 'Start' and the installation will start.
By clicking on 'Start' all fixpak files are unpacked into temporary directory you have specified and then
the setup program 'SERVICE.EXE' by IBM will be started. You only have to follow its hints
and everything will be OK.
 



BEWARE
DO NOT CLOSE SIMPLYFIX UNTIL IT REACHES THE END OF THE INSTALLATION PROCESS !!!

 
How to BACKOUT a fixpack... 
Step 1

Starting with release 3 of SimplyFix, a new function is available which starts  'SERVICE.EXE' to execute the BackOut
in order to restore the system to the state in which it was prior to the last fixpak installation. To do this,
only the first *.dsk of the most recently installed fixpak is needed.
 

Step 2

Click on 'Browse' button. This specify the temporary directory where SimplyFix will uncompress the fixpak.
A capacity of about 30MB (at least) is requested. The directory must exist already and must be empty.
 



BEWARE
All the files and folders in the aforementioned directory will be
removed at the end of the fixpak installation.
Step 3

Copy only the first *.dsk of the last fixpak that has been applied in a temporary directory. For this folder
the same advices apply that were given for the fixpak installation. Click on the 'Browse' button to locate
directory in which you have previously stored the fixpak file. Once found, just select the file in it.
SimplyFix will then load the file. Its name will appear in the main listbox.

Step 4

Select the 'BackOut' option. Go to the next page.

Step 5
Click on 'Start' button and uninstallation will start.
By clicking 'Start', the 'SERVICE.EXE' install program by IBM will be started,
You only have to follow its instructions and suggestions, and all will work
correctly.
 



BEWARE
NEVER CLOSE SIMPLYFIX UNTIL THE END OF THE FIXPAK INSTALLATION !!!

 
At the END... 

At the end of the operations performed by 'Service.exe', SimplyFix can be closed.
The program will ask you confirmation for:


!!! GOOD LUCK !!!

 
Download Tips... 
You can down load the fixpaks from a more or less official site such as:


NOTA 1
Remember that the most recent fixpak always includes the older ones. 
NOTA 2
You do not have to download the Kickers (the disks usually needed to apply a fixpak on your system) since SimplyFix already has  what it needs.

Translation to English by  : Emmanuele Vigni
END - last revision 30-07-1999