What You Need to Know to Download the InstantON Scheduler

The InstantON software comes as a zip file (ION.ZIP) that will be downloaded when you click the link at the bottom of this page.

System Requirements

To run InstantON, you must be running Windows* 95.

By simply downloading and installing InstantON you can schedule tasks to run on your PC, if you leave your system powered up at all times.

To take full advantage of the power management features of InstantON and save energy, you must have an Energy Star or power-managed system; its BIOS must conform to the Advanced Power Management (APM) Specification V1.1.

To determine whether your system is power managed, follow these steps:

Go to the Windows 95 Start menu, choose Settings, then choose Control Panel.
In the Control Panel, choose the Power icon. If the Power icon (battery behind a power cord) is missing, your system is not power managed or has not been configured for power management. You can still use the InstantON Scheduler to schedule tasks, but the tasks will only run as long as the system remains at full power. Skip over the next section.

Before installing InstantON on your power-managed system, verify that the suspend and resume features are fully functional on your particular computer with Windows 95 by following these steps:

Note your current Power settings. Then select Advanced in the Power Management list, and Always for Show Suspend command on Startup menu. Click OK and exit the Control Panel.
Since most networked based applications are not power aware, you must close any networked based applications or network based files currently opened by applications (such as a server based documentation file being edited with a word processing program).
Systems that adhere to APM Specification V1.1 will suspend by going into low power mode and will resume and return to full power when you press a key or move the mouse. If your system does not suspend, or does not come back to full power, then it will not support the full power management features of InstantON; however, the scheduling features of InstantON are fully functional as long as your system remains powered up.
Go to the Start menu and choose Suspend, then move the mouse or press a key after waiting a few seconds.
If your system did not properly suspend and resume, be sure to restore the power settings to their initial selections.

Note!

There is no technical support provided for this applet. You use it at your own risk. Read the license carefully before installing the software.
Comments, feedback and problem reports are welcome. There is no guarantee that any reported problem will be fixed now or in the future. E-mail comments to instanton@intel.com.

How to Download InstantON

Create a temporary directory (such as /temp) and click on the icon below to download the file ION.ZIP to this directory.
Use PKWARE*'S PKUNZIP (Version 2.04g) utility to unzip the InstantON software and documents to the temporary directory. You can download a copy of PKUNZIP from PKWARE's Web Site at http://www.pkware.com. Click the "PKWARE FTP Site" link to download the pkz204g.exe file.
After it has been unzipped, read the file README.TXT. Instructions and caveats for installation are included in this file.
You can delete the temporary directory after you've installed InstantON.

Download InstantON
Be sure to read the README.TXT file after you unzip InstantON and before you install it.

Go back to the InstantON home page.