System information

Host Installation
 Optionally, set the Accounts: Guest account status policy to disabled to prevent
problems with guest authentication to the Host computer.
NOTE: Depending upon which version of Windows you are using, and your Windows UI
settings, the procedure above may vary. Items may be named differently and navigating
to them may be slightly different as well. Note that in XP Home Edition, these security
settings cannot be set and you must use simple password authentication. On Vista
Home, the setting must be set to Classic. If the machine is joined to a domain, it should
automatically be set to this.
Configure Windows Firewall exceptions
At installation time, the Host installer and Gateway installer create program-based
exceptions in the Windows Firewall. The exceptions are named “PC-Duo Host” and “PC-
Duo Gateway”, and allow network traffic to the Host service and Gateway service
programs, respectively, over their standard default ports.
If you do not want the exceptions (e.g. because the Host is set for reverse connections
only, and should not be “exposed”), disable the exceptions by unchecking the box in the
configuration dialog for Windows Firewall itself. It is not recommended that the
exceptions be deleted, because they will be recreated and enabled automatically if you
upgrade to a later version of PC-Duo.
The exceptions are removed automatically when the products (Host, Gateway) are
uninstalled.
Configure network settings for IPX
All PC-Duo components can be installed on one computer, as long as the individual
system requirements for each component are met. If you install PC-Duo Host and PC-
Duo Gateway on the same computer, they may both use the IPX protocol. However, the
two products cannot share the same IPX socket. Consequently, if you install PC-Duo
Host and PC-Duo Gateway on a computer that uses IPX, then you must either disable
the IPX protocol for one of the applications, or assign a different IPX port to each
application.
For information on how to enable or disable IPX for the Host computer (or for assigning
ports), see "Protocols tab". For instructions on how to enable or disable the protocol for
the PC-Duo Gateway, see the PC-Duo Gateway Server Guide.