Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Administrator Guide - Nuance

Dragon 12 Administrator Guide
Administrative Settings:
Miscellaneous tab
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The Miscellaneous tab of the Administrative settings dialog box contains the following
options:
Check for product updates at startup
Automatically looks on the Nuance Web every time you start Dragon. Any change to this option
does not take effect until you restart Dragon.
Backup location for User Profiles
Shows the location where Dragon will save backup User Profiles.
n Click the Change button to open a dialog box where you can specify a new location.
n Click the Use Default button if you want Dragon to use each Windows user's My Documents
folder.
You can change the Backup Location for User Profiles to any directory where Windows has
both read and write permissions, including portable devices such as Zip drives and CD/DVD
burners. If you change the location, backups for all User Profiles will be located in the same directory.
Data Distribution location
Shows the location where the local installation of Dragon stores customized words and commands.
n Click the Change button to open a dialog box where you can specify the location for this
directory.
n Click the Use Default button to set the location to this default path:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking12\custom
You can change the Data Distribution location to any directory where Windows has both read
and write permissions, including portable devices such as Zip drives and CD/DVD burners.
For a default installation, custom words and commands are located in:
n Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008:
C:\ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking12\custom\
n Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Nuance\Dragon
12\Custom\
Do not allow restricted users to add or modify commands
Select this check box to prevent restricted Windows users from adding or modifying Dragon commands.
Selecting this option allows only end-users logged on with administrator privileges to add
or modify commands. (Windows XP Professional).