Embark Technical Requirements

Technical Requirements for using Embark and Essentials E-Learning Courses

The following are the minimum system requirements for accessing Embark.

A Broadband/DSL Internet connection is required.
This course will not work on a dial-up modem
Windows Me, 2000, XP or Macintosh OS X
Ability to listen to sound on your computer

Embark E-Learning System Requirement Checklist (all free upgrades!)

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Your Internet Browser needs to be one of the following :

PC: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 for PCs or Firefox 1.0.x
Mac: Firefox 1.0.x

Embark has been optimized and tested in these browsers.

PC Browser Upgrades:

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Mac Browser Upgrade:

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You need to have:

Microsoft Word and Excel

Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher

To be able to complete the course worksheets.

Microsoft Word and Excel:

Enable you to complete the worksheets electronically

Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher

Enables you to print the worksheets and complete by hand

Word and Excel are Microsoft products and must be purchased. If you do not have either of these products, then we recommend that you use Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 to print our worksheets and complete by hand.

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You need to have Macromedia Flash Player 8 installed

Enables you to view our tutorial, which uses multimedia.

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You need to turn off pop-up blocking for www.e-myth.com.

This online course utilizes pop-up windows to deliver optimal site functionality. Please check your browser setting to ensure pop-ups are not being blocked. If they are being blocked by default you can change the settings by following these steps in the next column.

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If you use Internet Explorer you must configure it to not open MS Office documents inside itself.

To configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program by using the Folder Options tool:

Open My Computer.
On the Tools menu (or the View menu), click Folder Options (or click Options).
Click the File Types tab.
In the Registered file types list, click the specific Office document type (for example, Microsoft Excel Worksheet), and then click Advanced (or click Edit).
In the Edit File Type dialog box, click to clear the Browse in same window check box (or click to clear the Open Web documents in place check box).
Click OK.

If this doesn't work please read the following the article on Microsoft's Help and Support regarding this windows setting. The cause of this behavior occurs if Internet Explorer is configured to host documents for Office programs that are installed on the computer. Unfortunately Internet Explorer is configured by default to host documents for Office programs.

We recommend that your screen resolution be set to 1024 x 768 or higher.

Embark E-Learning course material makes use of various types of multimedia to help E-Myth concepts come to life. Some people have their screens set at a low resolution, which makes everything on the screen appear larger, but multimedia requires a higher screen resolution

To use Embark E-Learning, we recommend that you set your screen resolution at the higher setting so that you can easily switch back to the lower resolution when you have finished.

If you choose to leave your screen resolution at the lower setting, please note you will have to scroll to view all of the course materials.

Please note: If you are using Firefox for your browser. You must close and reopen Firefox after changing your settings.

To check your screen resolution setting for Windows:

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To check your screen resolution settings for Macintosh (OS X):

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