Installation of REAL/Easy BOS
Welcome to
the Installation instructions for the REAL/Easy Back Office System
software, or,
BOS. BOS is designed to help you more efficiently run all aspects of
your real estate brokerage
back office.
In this section you will:
1. Install BOS onto your own PC or NT network from the installation CD.
2. Learn how to start up BOS, Log into the software, view the Desk Top.
Requirements for BOS:
The following are the minimum system requirements for optimum
performance of BOS (32-bit
software application):
• Pentium 500MHz processor or higher
• 128 MB RAM
• 300 MB of free hard disk space
• Super VGA monitor with 800x600 screen resolution
• Microsoft Windows 95/98; Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5 (or
higher), Windows
2000, XP. NOTE: BOS will not run under Windows 3.1/3.11
• Microsoft Word97 or higher for integrated letter writing.
• Laser printer is recommended for check writing
• Mouse or similar pointing device
• Backup software and hardware (tape/zip drive backup is recommended)
• Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS )
Where is REAL/Easy Back Office System Installed?
Using the default settings, REAL/Easy Back Office System will be
installed on the C: drive of
your stand-alone PC or NT Server within the “BOS” folder. During
installation, a new folder
named “BOS” is created for the software and your database. So everything
is installed in the
path: C:\BOS.
Where is my database for backup?
Every day that you enter data into BOS, you will want to make a backup.
BOS itself does not
have a backup program, so you need to add the name and path of the
database to your daily
backup program’s procedure. With the default installation, the data path
to backup is:
C:\BOS\Data.
Installation Steps
Step 1 - Install REAL/Easy Back Office System
You should
receive the above display, then Click on Install REAL/Easy
Step - 2
Preliminary Processing
The install
program will begin by extracting the programs and files necessary to
begin the
installation.The above message will be displayed.
The above
window will appear when the installation is ready to begin. Click on the
Next Button.
Step - 3 License Agreement
You must
review the License Agreement. You must accept by clicking on Yes
button.
Step 4 - Destination Directory
The system
should be installed to the C:\BOS folder. (If you have another drive,
especially if
installing on a server, then Browse to reset the drive letter and enter
“BOS”, e.g. E:\BOS).
Click on the Next button.
Setup then
installs the REAL/Easy BOS software and needed Windows files,
initializations and
icons. The progress is displayed as above.
Step 6 -
Finish Setup
When Setup
is completed, you will see this window.Click on Finish. Your computer
wioll
restart. Congratulations on a successful installation.
In the next steps you will now startup your REAL/Easy BOS System, login
and do some basic
setups. These steps also insure that you are operating OK. . (If you
have installed on a server,
yes, continue on as well, because you need to make sure REAL/Easy BOS
runs OK on the
server before setting up your workstations).
