The Billing Advantage utility software is completely optional. In order to successfully install the utility software, you must have administrative rights on the computer. Furthermore, you must at least be a power user on the computer in order to use the Billing Advantage utility.
Installing the Billing Advantage utility is quick and straight-forward. If you haven’t downloaded the utility yet, download it now. (Windows Vista and 7 users, please call your Commercial Account Administrator at 868-0474 for assistance) Then double-click the file you downloaded (for example, gci_billing_advantage_utility_v2.1.20070806.1.exe) to unzip the setup files onto your computer.
Double-click the file named “setup.exe”. The setup wizard will appear (see Figure 1). Press “Next”.

Figure 1: The setup wizard.
As part of the installation, you will be asked to accept the end-user license agreement before you are allowed to proceed (see Figure 2). Once you agree to the terms, click “I accept…” and then press “Next”.

Figure 2: End-User license agreement.
Enter a user name and organization (see Figure 3).

Figure 3: Enter user information.
Select an installation type (see Figure 4). Most users will select “typical”.

Figure 4: Choose installation type.
The software is ready to be installed. Press “Next” (see Figure 5).

Figure 5: Ready to install.
Once the software has been successfully installed, press “Finish” (see Figure 6, Figure 7).

Figure 6: Installation is complete.

Figure 7: Installation is complete.
We recommend that you restart your computer after installing the Billing Advantage utility software.