Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice CD-ROM

  1. What are the installation options for Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice?

    Please note for optimum use of the new format software we recommend that your operating system be Windows 2000, XP or later. We cannot guarantee that this will install correctly on previous operating systems.

    For all operating systems, please ensure that the latest edition and service pack is installed.

    The setup routine contains three models for installation:
    1. Installation on a stand-alone PC with its own CD-ROM drive, leaving the contents of Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice on the CD-ROM
    2. Installation on a stand-alone PC from a CD-ROM drive, copying the contents of Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice to the hard drive
    3. Installation on a workstation PC, accessing the infobases and forms via a network
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  2. How do i install Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice?

    First-time installation on a stand-alone PC

    • Place the Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice CD-ROM in your CD-ROM/DVD drive
    • Should the auto-run fail click on Start, select Run..., and type d:\setup (where ?d? is the letter used for your CD-ROM/DVD drive)
    • Follow the on-screen instructions
    • at the ?Choose Library Options' screen:?
      - to keep the contents of Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice on the CD-ROM, select ?Use From CD-ROM?
      - to copy the contents of Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice to your hard drive, select ?Copy to my hard drive?
    • at the Installation Complete screen choose whether to start using Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice now or later and click OK.
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  3. How do I install a Network version of Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice?

    Network installation

    If you require a network password please call our sales team on: 0117 9181555

    • Create a network folder that can be accessed by all those wishing to access Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice from the network installation
    • Place the Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice CD-ROM in your CD-ROM/DVD drive
    • Should the auto-run fail click on Start, select Run..., and type d:\setup where ?d? is the letter used for your CD-ROM/DVD drive)
    • Follow the on-screen instructions
    • at the ?Choose Library Options' screen:?
      - to keep the contents of Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice on the CD-ROM, select ?Use From CD-ROM?
      - to copy the contents of Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice to your hard drive, select ?Copy to my hard drive?
    • at the Installation Complete screen choose whether to start using Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice now or later and click OK.
    • When the installation is complete open click on Start, select Run..., and type d:\network.exe (where ?d? is the letter used for your CD-ROM/DVD drive)
    • Input your Network Password
    • Input "Port Number" when prompted
    • Browse to or input network folder created, when prompted
    • Select whether to start CNServer running (now or later)
    • An icon will have been created within the network folder. Networked users can access Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice by clicking on the icon. Shortcuts to the users' desktop can be created manually.

    Note the server must be running (through the machine) at all times in order that the users can access Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice ie the workstation must be on.

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  4. When I attempt to open Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice I get a webpage saying I have no licenses installed?

    No installed licenses

    This message is shown when the licenses for Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice fail to install, this is normally due to a out-of-date/missing .DLL file which is required to run the File Association Manager, which in turn installs the Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice licenses files.

    • Download and install the Microsoft .Net Redistributable package from here
    • Ensure your CD-ROM/DVD drive contains the Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice CD-ROM
    • Open My Computer be either clicking on the desktop shortcut (Windows 2000 or earlier) or on the shortcut on your Start menu (Windows XP)
    • Right click on your drive containing the Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice CD-ROM and select Explore
    • Open the licenses folder contained on the Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice CD-ROM and double click on the file within that folder
    • A file association manager should now appear which after a brief period should return the message "Success MCCP_CD.nplc was utilised by at least one installation"
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  5. When I attempt to access Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice I receive a page saying "License time limit has expired"?

    License Time limit has expired

    This page is displayed when the license file installed for Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice has passed its expired date. To avoid receiving this error page you must ensure you apply each update when it is received.

    To re-enable access to Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice please follow the instructions below*

    • Open "Add/Remove Programs" Via Start Menu > Control Panel.
    • Find Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice in your list of installed programs and select it
    • Click "Change/Remove"
    • Follow the on screen instructions to uninstall Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice.
    • Restart your computer if requested to do so.
    • Reinstall Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice following the instructs outlined in the above guides.

    *please note to follow these instructions you must have the lastest Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice CD-ROM available

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  6. When trying to open Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice I get a web page saying that the page is not available?

    Page cannot be displayed

    This message is normally displayed when Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice CNServer.exe file does not have permissions through the local firewall, which prevents Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice from opening successfully.

    To enable Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice to open successfully, you will need to allow CNServer.exe access through you firewall.

    The following instructions pertain to users using Norton Internet Security, for all other Internet security packages please refer to the manufactures documentation.

    • Open Norton Internet Security by double clicking on the icon on your toolbar.
    • Highlight Personal Firewall and click on the configure button in the bottom right hand corner of the Norton Internet Security window.
    • From the Personal Firewall configuration screen select the 2 nd along the top to access Program Control.
    • Under manual program control, scroll through the listed programs and select CNServer.exe (sometimes listed as Content Network Server).
    • Change the Internet Access field for CNServer.exe to Permit All and then click Ok.
    • Exit Norton Internet Security.
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  7. When I open Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice it says that my table of contents appears to the left, but all I have is a small white box with a red X in it?

    Missing Table of Contents

    The white box with a red X indicates a missing component, in this case most likely the Java Runtime Environment required to run the table of contents.

    To resolve this issue the Java Runtime Environment will need to be installed.

    • Ensure that Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice has been closed.
    • Download the latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Offline installation from here
    • Once the download is complete run the executable to start the installation process.
    • Follow the Installation instructions provided by Sun Microsystems which are available from here
    • Once the Java Runtime Environment has been successfully installed, open Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice to ensure the table of contents is now being displayed.
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  8. My Java table of contents loads, but when I try to open a document using it nothing happens?

    Java table of contents not working

    This problem occurs when your Java table of contents is blocked from running the specific code to open the selected document.

    Although this doesn't prevent you from expanding and navigation through the tabe of contents, it does prevent you from opening documents.

    To resolve this problem you will need to disable yourr ad and popup blockers which come as part of your firewall/internet security package.

    • Ensure that Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice has been closed.
    • Open your firewall/internet security package.
    • Select privacy control.
    • Disable your ad blocking and popup blocking.
    • Save/accept the changes to you security package, and then close it.
    • Open Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice
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  9. My Java table of contents loads, but when I try to open a document using it nothing happens?

    Java table of contents not working

    This problem occurs when your Java table of contents is blocked from running the specific code to open the selected document.

    Although this doesn't prevent you from expanding and navigation through the tabe of contents, it does prevent you from opening documents.

    To resolve this problem you will need to disable yourr ad and popup blockers which come as part of your firewall/internet security package.

    • Ensure that Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice has been closed.
    • Open your firewall/internet security package.
    • Select privacy control.
    • Disable your ad blocking and popup blocking.
    • Save/accept the changes to you security package, and then close it.
    • Open Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice
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