Installation Instructions: System Requirements

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Installation Instructions

System Requirements
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional with service pack 4 or
greater, Windows XP with service pack 2 or greater, or Windows
Vista™ operating system
• Internet Explorer v5.01 or later
• 256 MB RAM —Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems
512 MB RAM — Windows Vista systems
• 16-bit color (65,536 colors)
• 800x600 screen resolution (1024x768 screen resolution
recommended)
• CD drive
• Available USB port
• 100 MB of hard disk space

Installing ID Works Software


Log on to the operating system with administrative privileges. If your
account does not have administrative privileges, contact your help desk
or system administrator.
1. Close all Windows programs.
2. Insert the ID Works CD into your CD drive. The ID Works setup
program starts automatically. (If the setup program does not start,
run autorun.exe from the root directory of the installation CD.)
3. Select Install Products and then Install ID Works software or
Evaluate ID Works software.
4. Follow the prompts on the screen.
Cards and reports printed from the evaluation software will print
with a watermark.

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Installing Add-ons
The software CD contains installations for three optional applications.
The Proximity Card Plug-in can be installed only after either ID Works
Standard or Enterprise has been installed. The Plug-in for Lifetouch®
Photo Import and the Plug-in for SASI Photo Export can be installed
only after ID Works Enterprise has been installed.
1. With the ID Works CD still in your CD drive and the Welcome page
of the Installation CD displayed, select Install Products.
2. Select the plug-in you purchased.
3. Follow the prompts on the screen.

Installing Adobe Reader


Adobe® Reader® software is required to use the Online Reference
Library. If it is not already on your computer, do the following:
1. With the ID Works CD still in your CD drive and the Welcome page
of the Installation CD displayed, select View the ID Works Online
Manuals.
2. Click Install Adobe Reader.
3. Follow the prompts on the screen.

Installing and Configuring the USB Security Key


The following information does not apply if you are evaluating
ID Works software.
1. After software installation is complete and the computer reboots,
insert the ID Works software USB security key into an empty USB
port. The system will recognize the key and enable it for use.
Completing the following steps will improve performance.
2. Select Start | Programs | Datacard | Support | Security Key
Configuration Utility. The SetupSysDriver window opens.
3. Click Configure Driver.You will see a dialog box similar to the
following, depending on your system:

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4. Select each parallel port and click Edit. The Configure Port dialog
box opens.

5. Select No (next to Use this port?) and click OK. Confirm the changes
you made.
6. When all parallel ports have been edited, click OK to exit the
Sentinel Driver dialog box.
7. From the menu bar, select File and then Exit.

Initial Login
The installation program creates a default ID Works User Name: Admin.
The password for this user name is also Admin. You can use the Admin
user name to log into any ID Works application.
Recommendation: Use the Admin User Name to log in to the
Administrator application. Immediately create an ID Works user
account for yourself with System Administrator privileges (see the
Administrator help topic “Manage user accounts”), and then
change the password for the Admin User Name (see the
Administrator help topic “Change your password”).

Learning about ID Works Applications


There are three sources of information about ID Works identification
software:
Online Reference Library — Included are the ID Works Operator’s Guide
and the Administrator’s Guide, as well as guides on using printers
available from Datacard. You can read documents online or print them
for later reference. To access the Online Reference Library, double-click
the ID Works Library icon on your desktop.

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Online Help — Each ID Works application comes with online help for
instant access to step-by-step instructions. You can access an
application’s online help whenever the application is open by pressing
F1 or, on the menu bar, selecting Help and then Online Help.
Read Me File — Contains last-minute technical information about the
current ID Works release. To view the Read Me file from the installation
CD Welcome page, select View Information about this Version and
then select the edition you are installing.

U.S. Patent No. 6,632,250.


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treaties. This manual may not be copied, translated, sold, or otherwise transferred to a third
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Information in this manual is subject to change without notice. DataCard Corporation
assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual.
ID Works and Datacard are trademarks and registered trademarks of DataCard Corporation
in the U.S. and other countries. Adobe and Reader are registered trademarks of Adobe
Systems Incorporated. Lifetouch is a registered trademark of Lifetouch Incorporated.
Microsoft, Windows, and Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
All other product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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Printed in the United States of America.

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