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Single Workstation Installation and Primary Workstation Installation for Multi-Workstation Setup
| 1. | Open the Network and Sharing Center window by clicking on the Windows orb in the lower left corner, and then either right-clicking on Network and selecting “Properties”, or opening the Control Panel and double-clicking “Network and Sharing Center.” See picture below.
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| 2. | If your network type is “Public,” you need to change it to “Private”: |
| 1. | To the right of the network name and location type, click Customize. |
| 2. | In the Set Network Location dialog box, click Private, and then click Next. |
| 3. | In the Successfully set network settings dialog box, click Close. |
| 3. | Under “Sharing and Discovery” in the bottom half of the Network and Sharing Center window, you need to turn all the settings from “Off” to “On” by clicking on the down arrow next to each setting, clicking on “Turn on …”, and clicking on “Apply.” But see some pointers below: |
| 1. | For the “Password protected sharing” setting: you may want to leave this “On” or turn “Off” at your discretion. |
| 2. | For the “Public folder sharing” setting: |
| 1. | If you want to share the public folder so that other computers on the network can access the Public share to open files, but not create or change files, click Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can open files. This is the default setting. |
| 2. | But if you want to share the public folder so that other computers on the network can access the Public share to open files and also create or change files, click Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can open, change, and create files. |
| 4. | You’re done with the Network and Sharing Center window. Close it via the “X” button. |
| 5. | Click the Windows orb at the lower left corner of your computer, and click on Computer. |
| 6. | In the Computer window, navigate to the AuctionFlex folder. Note: don’t open the folder itself— just navigate to it. |
| 7. | Right-click the AuctionFlex folder, and then click Share. The File Sharing window is displayed. See picture below.
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| 8. | If you have password protected sharing enabled: Use the File Sharing window to select which users can access the shared folder and their permission level. To allow all users, select Everyone in the list of users. By default, the permission level for a selected user is Reader. Users cannot change files or create new files in the share. To allow a user to change files or folders or create new files or folders, select Co-owner as the permission level. |
| 9. | If you have password protected sharing disabled : Click the drop-down arrow inside the blank field in the File Sharing window, and select the Guest or Everyone account. Click “Add.” Then for that new account, click on the down arrow under “Permission Level” to change it to Co-owner .Click “Share”, then “Done.” |
Multi-Workstation Secondary Installation
After you have networked your computers and set up Auction Flex on the primary workstation, you will want to set up the secondary workstations. Prior to installing Auction Flex on a secondary workstation we need to Map a Network Drive to the AuctionFlex share on the primary workstation
| 1. | Open the Computer window by clicking on the Windows orb in the lower left corner, and then clicking on Computer. |
| 2. | In the toolbar at the top, choose Map Network Drive |
| 3. | Change your drive letter to X: |
| 4. | Browse for your folder. You want to choose the Auction Flex share on the primary computer. Some versions of Windows do not have a Browse button next to the folder. In this instance you need to find out the name of your primary computer and you can then manually type in the Folder path (ex:\\Primary\Auctionflex) |
| 5. | Make sure the checkbox for Reconnect at logon is checked |
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