How to Install: Single-user

1  Start:

Insert your Mamut Business Software CD in your CD/DVD drive. If you choose to install from our home page, you are able to select the language and continue from point five below.

If nothing has happened after 10 seconds, you can launch the file manually by going to the Start menu in Windows® and choosing Run.

Enter "X:\Setup" (Replace the X with the name of your CD-ROM drive).

 The menu will open.

2  Select Country: 

Select country United Kingdom.

The program has available versions for a range of other countries in Europe.

 

3  Welcome: 

Select Install Mamut Programs under Installation.
 

4  Select which program you wish to install:

Select the program according to your licence.

Mamut Business Software automatically prepares the installation program InstallShield Wizard, which will take you through the installation process.

This process can take some time.  

5  InstallShield Wizard complete: 

Click Finish.

You will subsequently get the installation wizard for Mamut Business Software.

 

6  Welcome: 

Click Next in the Welcome Window.
 

7   User Agreement:

The User agreement must be accepted before the installation can be completed.

If you wish to continue, indicate so by selecting I accept the terms of the above user agreement. Then click Next.

 

8a  Select Installation type:

In the next window select the installation type Single-user.

Advanced settings: Check this box if you want to customise the location to which the program files and database files will be installed to.

Proceed to Point 9 if you do not wish to customise the file paths.

8b  Advanced settings:

If you selected the Advanced settings option in the previous window, you will among other things be able to customise the program and database file paths. We recommend that you use the default values.

Click the search button next to the Program files and/or Database files fields and navigate to the location where you want to install the files. Click OK.

Reset default path: Click the buttons if you want to revert back to the default file paths.

Note! The program and database files cannot be installed on any of the following locations: mapped drives, network resources (UNC file paths), USB flash drives or compressed folders.

9   Start installation: 

The installation wizard's last step displays an overview specifying which location the Program files will be installed to, which Database server will be used, and where the Database files can be found.

Click Install to start the installation or click Back if you wish to change any of the settings.

The system checks if you have open applications that need to be closed.

Close the necessary applications and click Retry if you receive a message regarding this.
 

10 The Program is installed: 

The program uses Microsoft® SQL Server® database software. If you have not installed a Microsoft SQL Server version already, the installation wizard will install a free version of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express edition.

Read more about the database.

Your Mamut system will now be installed and the program files will be saved to the specified location.

This process may take some time. It is important that you do not cancel this process.
 

11 The Installation Wizard is complete:

Click Finish to complete the installation.

We recommend that you restart your computer before you continue.

 

12  Start the program:

Start Mamut Business Software by clicking the shortcut on the desktop or from the Start menu.

The startup wizard will then appear for first time startup.

13 Select the version :  

Select Register Licence and click Next.

14 Select Document directory:

The document directory is used by the system to save document files, picture files, report files and other files that are not part of the database. Read more about the document directory.

Click Next if you wish to use the suggested area.

.Click on this icon if you wish to state another document directory. Then click Next.

Database: Server and Instance are created automatically. Read more about the database.

15 Create a user profile:

Enter full name, user name, and password.

This will be your user profile within the system. Please make a note of your user name and password. You should not use special characters, blank spaces or periods in the user name or password.

Read more about user name and password.

16 Register the program:

Enter all relevant information about yourself and your company. In the Licence Number field, enter the licence number that you have received.

Tip! The licence number can be entered using both upper- and lower-case letters. In the licence number, <0> is always a digit, not a letter.

If you do not have a licence number, you can go back and select evaluation version in step 13. You can enter the licence number later under Help - About in the program.

Click here for Licence Information .

17 Create a new company database:

You can choose to create a new company database with the help of a wizard. The wizard will guide you through the most important settings. Select No, thank you... if you do not want to launch the wizard.

Read more about Creating a new Comapany Database.
 

18 Company Settings:

If you have chosen not to use the wizard to create your company database, you must enter the relevant company information in the company settings window before completing the startup.

If you are using a different accounting year you are able to change the start month for the accounting year.

Click Complete. The process can take some time.

19 Login: 

Log in with the user name and password that you created earlier.
 

Complete:

The system is now setup; you have logged in and can now begin using the program.

.Read more about getting started.