Miranda New Generation Release Notes
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                             www.miranda-ng.org


Contents
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1. Installation instructions
2. General notes
3. Troubleshooting
4. Compatibility issues
5. Contact
6. Support
7. License and Copyright


1. Installation Instructions
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* Upgrading

To upgrade an existing Miranda NG installation, run the installer
and choose to install to the same folder. Your message history,
settings and contact list will be saved.

* First Installation

Run the installer and follow the instructions.



2. General Notes
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Unlock the power of your new Miranda NG with plugins! There are hundreds
of plugins available for free bundled with original Miranda NG distribution.


3. Troubleshooting
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If you have problems with Miranda:

a) Disable all plugins. If the problem is gone now, it was probably a
   bug in one of the plugins and not in Miranda NG itself.
b) Update to the latest alpha version.
   We regularly fix bugs in Miranda NG. If you are having a problem it
   might help to upgrade to the latest alpha version, maybe we already
   fixed it. You will find the "Nightly alpha builds" in the "Development"
   section of our website.
c) Check the list of known bugs.
   The official buglist is available at:
   https://github.com/miranda-ng/miranda-ng/issues
   Look here before you submit a new report, dont submit a new report if
   it has already been reported.
d) Submit a bugreport.


4. Compatibility issues
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Miranda NG doesn't support any of Windows 9x. Miranda NG only
supports Windows 2000 and later. Beta versions are not supported.

b) Plugins
 - Third party plugins may have different requirements than
   Miranda NG itself. The Miranda NG developers cannot guarantee
   that all plugins will work on your system.


5. Contact
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The official webpage for the Miranda NG project is http://www.miranda-ng.org.


6. Support
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Miranda NG is provided free of charge but without any warranty or support.

If you have difficulties using Miranda NG, you can find a lot of resources in
the Support section of the website.

You can also ask for help in the official forums and someone will try to help.
But remember; everyone involved in the Miranda NG project are volunteers, as
in "does not get paid". So please be friendly and your chances of getting help
will increase.


7. License and Copyright
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Source code is available at: https://github.com/miranda-ng/miranda-ng/

Miranda NG is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. See
"LICENSE" for more details.

Miranda NG is copyright 2000-2012 by the people listed in contributors.txt.

The plugins included with this release are copyrighted by their authors. See the
documentation for each plugin for more information.