WindCatcher.net Installation Guide

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Installation Guide

1. WindCatcher Installation

A. Minimum System Requirement

WindCatcher can run on any PC with Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system. The following is the minimum PC hardware requirement for WindCatcher to operate optimally:

Operating System: Windows XP, Vista

Office: Microsoft Office 2003 or Office 2007

RAM: 1 GB

Processor Speed: 2.0 GHz

B. Installing WindCatcher

Important: If a previous version of WindCatcher is already installed on the computer, it must first be uninstalled using the Windows Add/Remove program before proceeding with the installation of the new WindCatcher version. The Add/Remove program may be accessed from the Windows Control Panel.

All window applications must be closed prior to WindCatcher installation.

Download the WindCatcher.msi file and run it to begin the installation. Follow the installation steps below and click Finish when complete.

The product is now ready for use.

Note:

The product may only be run if the appropriate security requirements are fulfilled. This may be in the form of a USB hardkey or network license key depending on the security measures adopted as part of the product purchase. See the section on Licensing for more details.

C. Licensing

WindCatcher provides 2 licensing options:

Standalone License (hard key)

Remote License (remote key)

Standalone License

The standalone license is a single user license provided in the form of a USB Key (hard key). This hard key has to be plugged into the user computer at all times when WindCatcher is in use.

The standalone license only provides one license to activate a single copy of WindCatcher on the user computer.

Remote License

The remote license provides a shared pool of licenses on a single USB key (remote key). This remote key can be installed in a central location.

This pool of licenses can be shared between users in different physical locations over a TCP/IP network (local LAN, WAN, Internet etc.). Users can check in and check out licenses as needed. Users can work offsite with a checked out license without having to be connected to the network.

WindCatcher provides the following options for the user to acquire a Remote key:

AutoDetect ModeUsers will automatically acquire a WindCatcher license when they start WindCatcher and automatically return a license when they close WindCatcher.

Checkout ModeIn this option users can checkout a license for a specified duration upto 30 days, and work with WindCatcher when they are not logged on the network.

To check out a license the user must first enter the number of days or hours that the remote license is needed for, and then select the “Set” and “Apply remote license” options.

If a user wants to return a checked out license before the expiry of the checkout period they can use the “Return remote license” option or the license will be automatically returned when the checkout duration expires.

The remote license key has the following installation requirements:

A license manager software and driver will be installed on the computer hosting the network key.

Port TCP 475 and UDP 475 is the default port the key uses to broadcast itself. This port has to be open on all network entities (firewalls etc.) between the user and host computer.

Users will identify the host computer by its name or IP address. Incase of access over the Internet we recommend a static IP address for the host computer.

2. Windows Vista Users:

a) Logon to Windows Vista with normal user account username and password (must belongs to Administrators group).

b) Run the executable WindCatcherUMTSVista.msi, during installation you might have some blocking messages, you just need to enable, to allow the program to be installed completed in Vista.

Note: Make sure the dongle is not connected otherwise HASP drivers won’t be installed.

c) Create a shortcut in the desktop for c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe, locate where the cmd.exe, right click in cmd.exe executable is located  and send it to the desktop

d) Go to the desktop and look for the icon cmd.exe, Right click to run as admin.

e) Type  “cd C:\Program Files\WindCatcher.Net”  then hit Enter

f) Type   register_tems_3_0 then hit Enter

g) Type Exit to close the command window

Vista Users may encounter error during installation or launching application after installation because of Microsoft additional security features like “User Account Control” and “Data Execution Prevention”. Following steps required in case user wants to change these settings.

User Account Control:

a) Go to Control Panel -> User Accounts and click “User Accounts”

b) Inside User Account Menu, click “Turn User Account On or Off”

c)  Make sure the UAC is off (Uncheck), hit Okay

d) Right click in the desktop -> Personalize -> Theme -> Choose Windows Classic

e) Reboot your machine

f) Connect the Windcatcher dongle and wait for the light to go on or load the network license

g) Run Windcatcher

DEP settings:

You can check the DEP (Data Execution Prevention) settings in the System Properties applet. To get there, click on Start, and then Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double click on the 'System' icon. Click on the 'Advanced' tab on the top. Click on the 'Settings' button in the section

labeled 'Performance.' Click on the tab labeled 'Data Execution Prevention.' Select the options you need, then click on the 'Ok' button in each open window, and close the control panel. You may be prompted to restart your computer when finished.

Or you may run a command prompt as an administrator. From the start menu, select "All Programs", then "Accessories" and right-click on the "Command Prompt" shortcut and choose "Run As Administrator". From here you can use the following command to disable Data Execution Prevention (DEP) with the following command:

bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff

3. Windows7 Users

1) Disable user account control by going into Control Panel/User account and Family Settings. User must have Admin rights on his/her machine.

2) Change Notify settings to “Never notify” then click OK

3) Restart the computer.

4) Once rebooted, click on Start menu. Right click on Computer to run properties.

5) Click on Advance system settings

6) Choose Performance settings

7) Adjust for Best Performance.

8) Run Windcatcher installation Files.