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WinTCS installation on Microsoft Windows®
We believe that many programs are too difficult to install, by that
we mean things like :
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Set-up
programs which are asking stupid questions, like "which
hardware address should your new card use ?". It
is very unlikely that the installing user knows (or
cares), so it is much more useful to inform the user
which addresses that are free and choose one or even better
just figure it out without bothering the user. |
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Set-up
programs which are asking too many questions and too
late in the process. A set-up program should only ask
for information, that it absolutely needs, otherwise it
should figure things out without bothering the user. With
very big packages, all questions should be asked at the
beginning and not later in the process, thereby freeing the user to do
other work during the often lengthy installations. |
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Set-up
programs which proudly announces that "Your installation is
now completed", but when using the software for the first
time, you anyway receives messages about additional things
that needs to be configured, in order to use the software.
This is
half-hearted work and we believe that a Set-up
program, should perform the complete installation,
including any required configuration. |
So in order
to follow our own guide-lines, we have gone to great length, to make
the installation of WinTCS on the PC's, so simple and automated as
possible.
That means ...
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Only the
Set-up program is needed to complete the installation. All
necessary program- and data-files are included inside this
program. This means simple download and distribution for
you. |
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The
Set-up program will only need two pieces of information, in
order to
perform the full installation. If you accept the
default directory location suggested by the Set-up program,
then only one
information, which is the server name or IP-address of your TCS
server.
This means a very simple installation and without any
extra configurations needed after the installation. |
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All
installation information can be supplied to the Setup
program as parameters, which means that the
IT department can automate the complete installation
process. This way the complete
WinTCS installation can be done for the user, for example during the
logon process, without any input from or interaction with the user. |
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Upgrading the program is done in the same way, also
with the possibility for an automated installation. |
Automated installation
If you are a system administrator and don't want your users to
perform the installation, you can arrange to call the Set-up program
with a parameter, specifying the server name or IP-address of the TCS server,
whereby the installation can be made without any input from or interaction with
the user.
In this case, the user will not see any dialogue boxes, questions or messages from
the Set-up program at all and the default directory location will be
used.
This can be done like this :
I:\ProgramStore\WinTCS\Setup.exe /IP=our-server.com
where the value after /IP= is the server name or IP-address of the TCS
server.

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