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HCL Notes/Domino 8.5 Forum (includes Notes Traveler)

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Re: Single versus Multiuser installations on VISTA and Windows 7

I don't have experience with Vista or Win 7 (we use Win XP), but chose to convert to multi-user installs when we upgraded from v6.x to v8.0.2.

We did that because the single-user installation doesn't mesh well with Windows security. With a single-user installation, all the data files go under the "C:\Program Files\xxx" directory (or the alternate you specify)--end users should not have update access to files in this part of the directory tree.

With multi-user installs, the user data is written into the user's "profile" portion of the directory (where they should have full access) while the common code is under the protected "Program Files" area.

We had some hiccups with 8.0.2...some which come to mind include the Keyview.ini file not being properly located in multi user installs, Notes 8.0.2 required R/W access to the template files (which were located in a common location that end users do not have update access to).

I think those issues may be resolve in the 8.5.x codestream, but are worth checking on (I think they were going to make sure the keyview.ini file was properly located and make changes so templates can be R/O).

For us, the benefits are that different users can share a computer and not stomp on each other's Notes configuration/contacts/ID files/etc., we don't have to make special ACL rights for a Notes data directory that is located in a protected area, and user's cannot see other users' Notes data files.


Feedback response number WEBB7YSRXS created by ~Sarah Cistoomarader on 12/16/2009

Single versus Multiuser installatio... (~Phil Bubjumivi... 16.Dec.09)
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. . Re: Single versus Multiuser install... (~Sarah Cistooma... 16.Dec.09)
. . on multi-user, but... (~Sean Rehipiter... 17.Dec.09)




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