Installing Starry Night Pro 3 for Windows 95/98/NT

Where to find this software at Wellesley

The KeyServered version of Starry Night Pro can be found on the Observatory Library computers and may be installed on networked student, faculty, and staff computers.

System Requirements

  • Pentium or higher processor
  • 24 MB RAM
  • 80MB of available disk space
  • SVGA monitor supporting 256 colors
  • QuickTime 4

KeyAccess

Make sure you have KeyAccess installed. Starry Night Pro is a KeyServered software, and KeyAccess is your "key" to using any KeyServered applications on our network.

To determine what version of KeyAccess is installed on your computer

  • Double click on the My Computer icon on your desktop. Open C:\ Program Files.
  • Look for a folder called Sassafras K2.
  • If you have this folder then you already have KeyAccess 6 installed. If you don't, follow these instructions to upgrade your version of KeyAccess.

If you do not have KeyAccess installed, please click here for instructions.

Starry Night Pro for Windows

Once KeyAccess is installed, you're ready to download Starry Night Pro

  1. Click here to download Starry Night Pro
  2. When the Save As dialog box pops up, change the Save In location to your desktop. (You can use the pull-down list where it says Save In and go to C:, then the WINDOWS folder, then the DESKTOP folder, then click on Save.)

Begin installation

  1. Double click the StarryNightPro.exe file on your desktop
  2. In the ZipCentral window that appears, click on Extract, then wait for the Finished window to appear
  3. In the Finished window, click on OK
  4. Drag the StarryNightPro.exe file to your recycle bin
  5. There will be a new folder on your desktop called Starry Night Pro
  6. Double-Click on the Starry Night Pro folder to open it
  7. Find a file called Starry Night Pro Shortcut
  8. Drag this file to My Computer > C: > Windows > Start Menu > Programs so that it moves there
  9. Close the Starry Night Pro folder
  10. Drag the Starry Night Pro folder to My Computer > C: > Program Files so that it moves there

Getting Started

Open the Start Menu > Programs > Starry Night Pro Shortcut

Remember that this is KeyServered software and only a certain number of computers can use the program at one time. Please quit from Starry Night Pro when it is not in use.