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Bug 666479 - docs should note that the Windows SeaMonkey installer causes 2 security alerts

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make sure you're running the installation with Administrator privileges.
</p>
<p class="note">
Windows may warn you that it could not verify the publisher when you try to run
the installer. This is because the SeaMonkey installer for Windows is not digitally
signed. As long as you downloaded the installer from either www.seamonkey-project.org
or mozilla.org, you can safely ignore it (more experienced users may use the checksums
linked to from the download pages to verify the integrity of the installer).<br>
Windows Vista/7 will by default present you with an additional warning after
extracting finished. You also need to confirm this User Account Control warning
in order to proceed with the installation.
</p>
<p>
To install SeaMonkey by downloading the SeaMonkey installer, follow these steps:
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(<tt>SeaMonkey Setup 2.1.exe</tt> or similar file name) to your machine.</li>
<li>Navigate to where you downloaded the file and double-click the
installer file icon on your machine to begin the Setup program.</li>
<li>Follow the on-screen instructions in the setup program. The program
starts automatically the first time.</li>
<li>Follow the on-screen instructions in the setup program (see the note about
Unknown Publisher warnings above). The program starts automatically the first
time.</li>
</ol>
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<ul class="toc">
<li><a href="#features">SeaMonkey Features</a></li>
<li><a href="2.1">SeaMonkey 2.1 Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="2.1">SeaMonkey 2.1 Documentation</a> (also applies to SeaMonkey 2.2)</li>
<li><a href="2.0">SeaMonkey 2.0 Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="1.1">SeaMonkey 1.1 Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="#community">Community Help</a></li>
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