Topics related to the initial installation of or upgrade of WinSPC
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How do I activate my WinSPC licenses?
To activate your WinSPC licenses, you will need to do the following: Run WinSPC on any computer and login as the admin user. Select "Tools" > "License Manager" from the drop down menu at the top of the screen. This will cause the "License Manager" dialog box to appear. You will need to kee ...
What are the minimum hardware requirements for WinSPC?
Recommended hardware requirements for a WinSPC Client (standard desktop PC): 1 GHz or faster 32-bit or 64-bit processor 1 GB RAM (if 32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (if 64-bit) for a typical Windows 7 station* 1 GB RAM for a typical Windows Vista Business station* 256 MB RAM for a typical Windows XP Pro st ...
Tech note: WinSPC compatibility with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 has recently been released by Microsoft (March/April 2012). Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is not compatible with older versions of WinSPC. Only WinSPC 8.0.0 or later will be able to use SQL Server 2012 as a back-end database, due to Microsoft removing the "SQL Server 2000 ...
What are the recommended operating systems and database servers for WinSPC?
The information below represents a list of recommended operating systems and database servers for WinSPC 8.3. Other versions of WinSPC may have different recommended platforms and you will want to refer to your "Installation and Configuration Guide" for the recommended platforms for your specif ...
How do I upgrade WinSPC?
To upgrade your WinSPC system, you should refer to the "Upgrade Instructions" that comes with your WinSPC installation media (download or CD). These instructions will take you step by step through the upgrade process. In general, the WinSPC upgrade process consists of the following steps: Taki ...
How do I install WinSPC?
To install WinSPC, you should follow the instructions detailed in the "Installation and Configuration Guide" that comes with your WinSPC installation media (CD or download). This guide will take you step by step through the configuration of the WinSPC database as well as the installation of the ...
Running the WinSPCSecurity program
This article details how to run WinSPCSecurity to grant permissions to users or user groups for the local Windows workstation. The WinSPCSecurity program will set the minimum permission required to run WinSPC. This program should be used if the WinSPC operator does not have local administrati ...
How do I move (or migrate) my WinSPC database to different server?
WinSPC has a built-in utility to migrate a WinSPC database from one database server to another. The migration utility will copy the data to the new database, enter a notation into the old database indicating a migration has been done, and update the WinSPC.ini file in the remote directory so t ...
How to use the Change Server Login feature
This feature allows the Admin user to change which User Name and password that WinSPC uses to login in to WinSPC database. The Change Server Login must be changed in WinSPC before modifying the database owner and password. Note: This utility does not change the User Name and password i ...
Tech Note: Installing (or upgrading to) WinSPC 8.0 on a Windows 2000 client machine
If you are installing or upgrading to WinSPC 8.0 on a Windows 2000 client machine, it is recommended that you do the following: Download and install the latest Windows 2000 service pack and fixes from Windows Update. Download and install the latest version of MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Compone ...
What is the WinSPC remote directory?
In most WinSPC installations, the WinSPC remote directory (sometimes called the network directory) is a shared folder on your network that is accessible to all your WinSPC clients. The remote directory is created during the initial installation of WinSPC and is used as the basis to install addi ...