TO INSTALL the ICS Desktop Stock Alert Messenger do the following:

1. Download the program by clicking here. A window will pop up asking you to "Save" or "Open" the file. Choose the "Save" option. The file usually downloads to your desktop. The time it takes to download the file varies, depending on the speed of your Internet connection.

2. To open the file, either select "open" or double-click the file (the file name is "DSA10.zip") that you have downloaded to your desktop. After you "open" or double-click the file, your zip file program should open. You will see two files: "setup.exe" and "StatusMon-Setup.msi".

     Note: Most computers come with a program that can open zip files. If for some reason you do not have a zip program, you can download a free one here.

3. You will be using only the setup.exe file. Double-click on the "setup.exe" file and follow the installation instructions. Choose "Run" to start the process. When done, close the zip program.

(Note that some zip programs will give you a warning about opening .exe files. If you receive such a warning, select the appropriate response ["Yes," "Open," etc.] to run the file.)

4. The program will quickly install itself, and another icon (a large green circle with a "+" sign in the middle) will appear on your desktop. It will have the name "Desktop Stock Alert."

5. Double-click that icon, and you will see a small version of that icon appear in the lower right-hand corner of your screen (in the System Tray). That will be your Alert Messenger Icon.

6. Installation is complete. Continue reading so you can make full use of the program.

HOW TO USE the ICS Desktop Stock Alert Messenger:

1. After you install the Desktop Stock Alert (DSA), you'll see a green disk icon (with the white "+" in the middle) in your system tray, located in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. This is your DSA icon.

2. Right click the DSA icon. A small menu will appear giving you four options: "Configure..."; "Pause"; "Archives"; and "Exit." The first thing you must do is open the "Configure" window (by clicking on the word "Configure...").

CONFIGURE:
Click on "Configure..." and a window appears that says at the top of it, "Configure Parameters." Here you choose which Alerts you want to hear. By default, all update options are selected. If you do not want to receive Alerts from a particular commentator, uncheck the box beside his name. For example, if you do not want to be notified whenever the "Ice Man's Positions" is recorded, uncheck the box beside "Ice Man's Positions." Choose as many or as few as you like. You can add or remove selections at any time. After you have finished making your selections, click the "Apply" button, then click "Close."

PAUSE:
When you click "Pause," you will stop receiving Alerts. To receive Alerts again, when you right-click the DSA icon in the System Tray, the fly-out menu will open. Click "Unpause."

ARCHIVES:
This is the Archive section. It contains links to the messages that each commentator has made during the day. At 3:00 AM Eastern Time, all old messages are cleared from the server, so that the Archives section will be new in the morning.

Hold you mouse over "Archives" option. A fly-out menu will appear. It will display the list of Commentators and Alerts that you have chosen in the "Configure" section. If for example you have chosen to receive the "Ice Man" and "Ice MD" alerts, both of them will appear in the fly-out menu. Hold your mouse over the Commentator you want to hear. A list of all his recordings (up to four) for the day will appear. If he has made say two recordings, you will see "Message 1" and "Message 2" appear. "Message 1" is the first recording that he has made for the day; Message 2 is the second, and so on.

If the word "Message" is in BOLD, that means you have not listened to that recording yet. If it is in regular type-face (not bold), that means you've already listened to it.

EXIT

Clicking Exit will close the program. To open the program again, double-click the large "Desktop Stock Alert" icon on your desktop. You do not have to configure the program again.