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Installing Magtax on a Network |
  
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Installing Magtax on a Network |
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By Default, Magtax is installed on the local Workstation. You can install on a shared network drive so that other workstations can access the software and data.
The "Primary" workstation is the workstation that runs the Setup and installs the software.
A "Secondary" workstation is a workstation that runs the software.
To complete a Network Installation Complete the following steps:
Primary workstation Setup:
| 1. | Download and Install Magtax. During the installation select a network location to install the software. Suggest something like "M:\Magtax2009" where M is the shared network drive. |
| 2. | Activate Magtax on the Primary workstation. |
| 3. | Close Magtax and locate the SETDBL utility in the Magtax2009 folder. Run the utility according to the instructions but use a shared Network location. We suggest using something like "M:\Magtax2009Data" where M is the shared network drive. This will put your Magtax data in a location separate from the software so that you can backup just the data. |
| 4. | Run Magtax and confirm that the data locations are set correctly (Help -> Where's My Data?) |
Workstation Setup:
| 1. | Go to a new workstation. Using windows explorer locate MAGTAXW.EXE on the shared network drive. Right click and choose Send To->Desktop(Create shortcut). A shortcut should now be in the desktop. Magtax should now run on that machine. |
| 2. | Repeat for others workstations. |
| 3. | There is NO need to run setup from each workstation because nothing needs to be installed. |