FAQ

A standard Vista installation of of programs developed for older operating systems such as Windows 98 or XP fail because Vista is not as backward compatible as previous operating systems were. However, Vista does provide a procedure for the installation of programs that were not designed specifically for Vista that works very well.

To Install BearEduPhysics on Vista, right click on the the file (installM.exe) to be installed (BearEduPhysics-1) and select the ‘Properties’ tab. In the dialog box, check ‘Run this program in compatibility mode’ and select ‘Windows XP(Service Pack 2). Next, double click the exe program and then follow the on-line instructions. Note that the exe file (installM.exe) is located either on the BearEduPhysics-1 CD or is the file that was downloaded from the BearEdu web site.

2. What are the system requirements for my computer to run BearEdu Physics?

At present, BearEdu Physics supports Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, and Vista. Also, Mac OS 8.1-9.x and Mac OS X are supported for the BearEduPhysics programs. Your computer’s processor should have a speed of at least 133 MHz. There should be at least 15 Mbytes of hard disk space available for the downloads. Ram memory should be at least 16M. The display should be capable of handling ‘high color’ or ‘true color’. Although computers with lesser performance characteristics should work fine, the animation may be slow and jerky.

3. The colors are not pure when I view BearEduPhysics over the Internet. Why?

This problem is caused by the color setting for your display. If your display is set for 256 Colors or less, then the colors from your browser will not be true. This is easily corrected by changing your color setting to ‘high color’ or ‘true color’. For Windows 95/98, click on the start button in the lower left desktop screen. Click settings, and then click on the control panel. Once the control panel dialog box comes up, click on display. When the display properties box comes up click setting(95) or appearance(98) and then change the color setting to either ‘high color’ or ‘true color’.

4. Why are equations just defined and not derived in the BearEdu Physics program?

BearEdu Technologies designed BearEdu Physics to teach the basic principles of physics. Although showing how equations are derived is important, it is considered a topic that will be covered by the classroom teacher.

5. What were the design objectives established by BearEdu Technologies in developing BearEdu Physics?

BearEdu Technologies set the following goals: 1) make the program teach the basic principles; 2) try and present the material in an entertaining manner so that the course could be enjoyable; 3) add support material for the teacher to use in the classroom; 4) be informative without getting bogged down in too much detail; 5) perk the students interest in the sciences.

6. When I am using BearEdu Physics over the web, sometime when I click to get a new page from the ‘Contents’ menu, the page does not display. Why?

In the WebView mode, you must ‘double click’ on the menu items in order for them to display. The timing between clicks must be just right or the command will be ignored. Speed up or slow down the timing between clicks till you get the required timing down.

7. Why is BearEdu Technologies offering programs developed by another vendor?

We are offering other vendor’s programs in order to increase our product line. Although we are working on our own programs, it does take a long time to bring a product to the marketplace.