About theWelcome Center

TheRS/6000 Welcome Center has been updated with new content and demos including a multimedia game.

The RS/6000 Welcome Center is a software package that provides a friendly introduction to the RS/6000 and AIX product families. It is designed to provide information about your new RS/6000 system and software, to facilitate quick setup and configuration, to demonstrate system capabilities and to provide links to other valuable resources of RS/6000 and AIX information such as service and support.

The Welcome Center is normally available for RS/6000 Systems as a no-charge, preinstall option on AIX 4.

The Welcome Center can be installed just like any AIX install image. Follow the steps below to install it.

Follow the steps below to run the Welcome Center AFTER you have installed it on your system.

1. Type the following commands at the command prompt.

   cd /welcome

   ./welcome.start

   These commands will launch the Netscape Navigator in an environment best suited for the Welcome Center.

2. Browse through the Welcome Center at your convenience.

3. When you are ready to leave the Welcome Center, you will see the following choices on the Exit Page.
   • Option 1: Keep Welcome Center in the startup sequence. The Welcome Center will remain for subsequent startups.

   • Option 2: Remove Welcome Center from the startup sequence. The Welcome Center will be removed from the startup sequence, but will be accessable from the AIX desktop environment.

   • Option 3: Remove Welcome Center from startup sequence and file system. The Welcome Center will be removed completely from your system. This option releases the space previously occupied by the Welcome Center files.

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