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========================================================================== SeaMonkey is subject to the terms detailed in the license agreement accompanying it. This Read Me file contains information about system requirements and installation instructions for the Windows builds of SeaMonkey. For more info on SeaMonkey, see http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ To submit bugs or other feedback, see http://www.seamonkey-project.org/dev/get-involved and check out Bugzilla at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ for links to known bugs, bug-writing guidelines, and more. You can also get help with Bugzilla by pointing your IRC client to #mozillazine at irc.mozilla.org. ========================================================================== Getting SeaMonkey ========================================================================== You can download nightly builds of SeaMonkey from the mozilla.org FTP site at http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/nightly/ For the very latest builds, see http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/nightly/latest-trunk/ Keep in mind that nightly builds, which are used by mozilla.org developers for testing, may be buggy. If you are looking for a more polished version of SeaMonkey, the SeaMonkey project releases builds of SeaMonkey regularly that you can download from http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ Be sure to read the SeaMonkey release notes for information on known problems and installation issues with SeaMonkey. The release notes can be found at the preceding URL along with the releases themselves. ========================================================================== System Requirements ========================================================================== *Windows Windows 2000, XP or Vista Intel Pentium class processor (500 MHz or faster recommended) 128 MB RAM 50 MB free hard disk space

========================================================================== Installation Instructions ========================================================================== It is strongly recommended that you exit all programs before running the setup program. Also, you should temporarily disable virus-detection software. Install into a clean (new) directory. Installing on top of previously released builds may cause problems. Note: These instructions do not tell you how to build SeaMonkey. For info on building SeaMonkey from the mozilla.org source code, see http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation Windows Installation Instructions --------------------------------Note: For Windows 2000/XP systems, you need Administrator privileges to install SeaMonkey. If you see an "Error 5" message during installation, make sure you're running the installation with Administrator privileges. To install SeaMonkey by downloading the SeaMonkey installer, follow these steps: 1. Click the link to seamonkey-x.xx.en-US.win32.installer.exe (or similar file name) on the site you're downloading SeaMonkey from to download the installer file to your machine. 2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and double-click the installer file icon on your machine to begin the Setup program. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions in the setup program. The program starts automatically the first time. To install SeaMonkey by downloading the .zip file and installing manually, follow these steps: 1. Click the link to seamonkey-x.xx.en-US.win32.zip (or similar file name) on the site you're downloading SeaMonkey from to download the .zip file to your machine. 2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and double-click the compressed file. Note: This step assumes you already have a recent version of WinZip (or a similar zip tool) installed, and that you know how to use it. If not, you can get WinZip and information about the program at www.winzip.com. 3. Extract the .zip file to a directory such as C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\SeaMonkey.

4. To start SeaMonkey, navigate to the directory you extracted SeaMonkey to and double-click the seamonkey.exe icon.