Installing The Software - ScanSoft ICD-BP150VTP Dragon Naturally Speaking 7 User Manual

2 Installation and Training

Installing the software

Before installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking:
Close all open applications.
Turn off or disable any antivirus software; installation can sometimes trigger a
false virus report.
NOTE
Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Administrator rights are not required to create a user
or use the software after installation. This also applies for an upgrade installation.
Upgrading from a previous version
Upgrading from Version 5:
You can upgrade your English users from any edition of Dragon
NaturallySpeaking Version 5 to Version 7. The installation automatically
migrates your english Version 5 user files and vocabularies to Version 7. If
you upgraded from:
Upgrading from Version 6:
You can upgrade from any edition of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 6
to Version 7. When upgrading from Version 6, you can choose to
automatically migrate your V6 user files and vocabularies to Version 7. Once
V7 is installed, Version 6 will no longer be functional.
To install Dragon NaturallySpeaking:
1
Insert the Dragon NaturallySpeaking CD into your CD-ROM drive.
If the installation does not start automatically, use the Windows Explorer to
find and double-click setup.exe on your CD-ROM drive.
Follow the on-screen instructions during installation.
2
Provide your customer information, including the serial number supplied with
your NaturallySpeaking installation information.
3
Choose your destination location. If there are no previous version of Dragon
NaturallySpeaking on your system, the default directory is:
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide
You must have Administrator rights to install or uninstall Dragon NaturallySpeaking on
Version 5 English, the Version 5 English software will no longer be
functional.
A non-English or multilingual Version 5, the software will remain fully
functional, but the english Version 5 users will no longer be available in
Version 5. Your non-English users files will not be upgraded and will
still be available.
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