User guide
ForWindows:
http://downloads.lifetechnologies.com/Analysis_Software/MCB/VNTI/UpdateSitePlugin/Designer
.Updates.win32/1.0
ForMacintosh:
http://downloads.lifetechnologies.com/Analysis_Software/MCB/VNTI/UpdateSitePlugin/Designer
.Updates.mac/1.0
3. Toautomaticallycheckforupdateseachtimethesoftwareislaunched,selecttheAutomaticallyfind
newupdatesandnotifymecheckbox.Tomanuallycheckforupdates,gotoHelp>Checkfor
Updateafteryouhavelaunchedthesoftware.
Installing a previous version of the software
Togobacktoanolderversionofthesoftware,youmustfirstuninstallthenewerversionandthenre‐
installtheolderversion.
Windows
®
operating systems: Multiple users on the
same computer
YoucanrunVectorNTI
®
ExpressDesignerfromdifferentuseraccountsonthesamecomputer.(Seeyour
Windows
®
operatingsystemdocumentationforinformationaboutsettingupmultipleuseraccounts.)
Note the following:
Withthistypeofinstallation,asinglelocaldatabaseissharedamongusersonthesame
computer.
AnAdministratoraccountisrequiredtoinstallthesoftware,butmorerestrictedaccounts(e.g.,
RestrictedUser,StandardUser)canrunthesoftware.
1. FromanAdministratoraccount,installVectorNTI
®
ExpressDesigneronthecomputer.
Makesurethatthelocaldatabaseisinstalledinanunrestrictedrootdirectory(e.g.,
thedefaultC:\vectorntiexpressdesigner_databasedirectory)thatcanbeaccessedby
allusers.
Important
2. Afterinstallation,launchthesoftwareintheAdministratoraccount,openLicenseManager(Help>
LicenseManager),andenterthelicenseasdescribedinthelicensingsectionofthisinstallationguide
(seepage10).
3. Logontoeachuseraccountandrunthesoftwareasusual.
Transfer software to a new computer or operating
system
ThelicensenumberandHardwareIDofyourcomputerarecloselylinked.Changestothecomputer
operatingsystemcanresult inachangetotheHardwareID,whichwillrevoketheexistinglicense.
Iftheoperatingsystemchangesorthesoftwareistobemovedtoadifferentcomputer,youmust
unregisterthelicensebeforethesoftwareisuninstalledfromthecurrentcomputer.Todoso,type
“unregister”inLicense#field,andpresstheApplybutton.Aninternetconnectionisrequired.
Onthedestinationcomputer,installthesoftware,andapplytheexistinglicense.
Vector NTI
®
Express
Designer Installation and Licensing Guide 13