Installation guide

AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager Installation Guide
NOVEMBER 2013
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AmsServiceUser
A Windows user account called AmsServiceUser is automatically created on each
AMS Device Manager station and added to the Users Windows user group unless the
station is installed on a Windows domain controller.
The AmsServiceUser account is made a member of the AMSDeviceManager Windows
group on all AMS Device Manager stations as well as a member of the Users Windows
user group on non-domain controller stations. This user account runs the AMS Device
Manager Servers. If your AMS Device Manager system is located on a network that
requires periodic changing of passwords, the AmsServiceUser account password can
be changed using the AMSPasswordUtility.exe utility from the AMS\Bin folder on
each AMS Device Manager station. Do not use the Windows User Manager to change
this password as AMS Device Manager will no longer launch.
Note
If you are installing an AMS Device Manager distributed system on domain controller PCs or
a mix of domain controllers and non-domain controller PCs, do all the domain controller
installations first (see “Installing AMS Device Manager on domain controllers” on page 67.)
Note
If the AMS Suite Calibration Connector application (page 117) is installed when you change
the password for the AmsServiceUser, you must also change the password for
AmsCalibrationConnectorWS properties. This requires a change in the Windows Services
console of your workstation. If you are unsure how to do this, contact your IT department.