This area provides tests and information to help you detect and correct any configuration problems with your computer. This will ensure that you can successfully view courses.

Your browser will need to have the following plug-ins installed:

Macromedia Shockwave / Flash Player
Adobe Acrobat Reader

The "Verify Setup" button below will launch a small browser window and check to see if these plug-ins are properly installed.

Your machine should be connected to the Internet using at least a 56K bps modem or a connection via your local network. The courseware is designed for 40K bps for the video portion. The audio portion will work successfully when you connect at rates as low as 20K bps.

The faster the connection, the better. If your connection is slower, the site is usable but will be slow and may have pauses in video and animation sequences.

PC-compatible computer (Pentium 166, 64 MB of memory, or better) running Windows 95/98/98SE/ME, Windows NT 4.0 (SP 4 or later), Windows 2000, or Windows XP

Macintosh (PowerPC, G3, G4, with 64 MB of memory or better) running Mac OS 9 or OS X

Sound card for listening to the audio portions of courseware

Screen size set to 800x600 (SVGA) or better, with more than 256 (thousands of) colors

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later, available from www.microsoft.com/downloads/

Netscape 7 or later, available from http://home.netscape.com/download/ for Windows and Macintosh OS X; or from this link for Macintosh PowerPC OS 9

Safari, available as a part of Macintosh OS X

[Safari or Netscape are strongly recommended on the Macintosh]