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Installation
2.4 User Rights
Programming with STEP 7
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2.4.2 User Rights in MS Windows 7
Specifying Access Rights in the Operating System
When you install STEP 7 in MS Windows 7, the user group "Siemens TIA Engineer" is created
automatically. This allows the users entered there to configure the PG/PC interface and to install
selected Hardware Support Packages. To allow manual IP configuration (for PROFINET without
DHCP), the user must also be included in the "Network Configuration Operators" group that is
preinstalled by the operating system.
These rights can only be assigned to the user by the administrator.
Including users in the user groups "Siemens TIA Engineer" and "Network Configuration
Operators"
Enter the local users who can access STEP 7 with their login in the "Siemens TIA Engineer" group.
Follow the steps below:
1. Open the Control Panel in Windows and select "User Accounts".
2. In the navigation window, select the entry "Manage User Accounts."
3. In the "Advanced" tab, select the "Advanced" entry in the "Advanced User Management"
section.
4. In the navigation window, select the entry "Local Users and Groups > Users". All users are
displayed in the data window.
5. Using the context menu, open the "New User" and create an account with the same login for
every user that needs to access STEP 7.
6. Select the "Properties" context menu command for each user you create.
7. In the dialog box that opens, select the "Member of" and the click the "Add..." button.
8. In the "Select Groups" dialog, enter the user group "Siemens TIA Engineer" in the "Enter the
object names to select" box and confirm with "OK".
9. Follow the same procedure for the users to be included in the "Network Configuration
Operators" user group.