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30 Getting Started With AuthorIT
To Add New User PCs
1) To add new user PCs, you must first identify the client machine names. These
names should be displayed in your Network Neighborhood, or in the My
Computer > Properties of each PC.
2) Once identified, enter the new PC Name and choose Add or press the Enter key.
You can quickly enter in all your PCs in one session without moving from the
New PC field.
3) An INSTALLDIR entry is created for each new PC, with the value ʹAUTOʹ. This
tells the network setup program to install AuthorIT to the default Program Files
directory set on that PC. If you wish to manually set the install directory for a PC,
select the entry and press the Enter key, or right‐click and choose Properties from
the shortcut menu.
4) To remove an entry from the PC list, select the entry and press the Delete key, or
choose the button. Removing a PC entry, also removes all serial numbers
allocated to that PC.
To Add Components and Their Serial Numbers
1) To add serial numbers to the list, use the serial number entry field. Select the
component by clicking on the buttons to show the type you require, then enter
the serial number and choose Add or press the Enter key. The new serial number
appears in the list.
When you add a new Author serial number an Administrator entry for the same
serial number is automatically created as they both share the same serial number.
This entry is created so you can choose whether or not to install the Administrator
on a PC.
2) To remove a serial number from the list, select the entry and press the Delete key.
3) Repeat until the serial numbers for all components you have licences for are listed.
To Allocate Serial Numbers to Each PC
1) Once you have created your lists of PCs and serial numbers, you need to allocate
the numbers to the PCs.
2) To automatically allocate available serial numbers to a PC, select the PC entry and
choose the button, or right‐click and choose Add Unallocated Serials from the
shortcut menu. This selects unallocated serial numbers and applies one of each to
the PC.
3) To allocate a particular serial number, select the PC entry then select the serial
number of the component to be installed and choose the
button.
4) To remove a serial number entry from a PC, select the entry and press the delete
key, or choose the button. The Netsetup program only installs a component
for which a serial number appears in the list for the PC.