What do you need to run ipGuardian?

At a glance, you need

1. Internet Explorer 5.5 (or higher)

ipGuardian is developed in C++ as a Browser Helper Object DLL. The requirements to run ipGuardian are the same as that to run an IE plugin.

How to install ipGuardian?

This section describes the manual procedure for installing ipGuardian.

WARNING:

If you are upgrading to a different version of ipGuardian, please run the uninstall procedure before extracting the ipGuard.zip file. For extra protection, please backup your password file first before installing. ipGuardian is packaged in a zip file where

1. ipGuardian.dll is the IE plugin
2. ipGuardian.html or ipGuardian.pdf (the User Guide)
3. ipCountry.txt is the ip to country database

PREREQUISITE:

• You have installed IE Browser 5.5 (or higher)
• You know how to use explorer.exe (basic skills)
• You know how to use winzip.exe (basic skills)
• You have ipGuard.zip (and is saved in c:\temp directory)
• You have decided on a strong password. (Note: a strong password is one that is alphanumeric, is more than 8 characters long and has both upper and lower case.)
• You have regsvr32.exe installed (from Microsoft)
• You have chosen to install to c:\Program Files\ipGuard

1. Download ipGuard.zip into the c:\temp directory.
2. Unzip all files from ipGuard.zip into the ipGuardian directory.
   
   • Start winzip.exe
   • Open c:\temp\ipGuard.zip
   • Enter "c:\Program Files\ipGuard" as the "Extract to" directory
   • Select the "All Files" radio button
   • Use "Use folder names"
     The Extract dialog box should like the following.
     
   • Click the Extract button.
     You should see all the files unzipped into the specified directory.
3. Run the following command
   
   • Stop all IE browser instances.
   • Start Explorer
   • Go to the directory "c:\Program Files\ipGuard"
   • Double click on installipGuardian.bat to run
4. Once you have installed, you need to restart your IE browser.
   When you start IE browser, it will prompt you to create an unlock password
   
5. Enter the strong password that you have decided (in the pre-requisite stage).
6. Press the OK button to save the unlock password.
7. You can confirm ipGuardian is installed properly when you can see that there are more menus added to your IE browser; new menus are prefixed by “ipGuardian”