Installing the ContentReporter server

Guidelines for installing

Follow these guidelines when installing ContentReporter:

The user who installs ContentReporter must have Administrator privileges on the machine in order for the installation program to make the necessary system changes. Otherwise, ContentReporter does not function properly.
If you are setting up a multiple ContentReporter server environment, see Configuring multiple ContentReporter servers.
If you want to access network resources, you can assign a login user account to the ContentReporter service. See Appendix B, Learning about the login user account,.

Space requirements for the installation

The ContentReporter server installation has the following disk space requirements:

60 MB of space during the installation on the drive with the Temp directory for temporary installation files
60 MB of space on the drive with the operating system for the permanent InstallShield^TM information files
150 MB of space on the drive on which you install the ContentReporter server

Installing ContentReporter

To install ContentReporter, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Ensure that your configuration meets the minimum requirements.
2	Log into the system with a user account that has Administrator privileges.
3	From the Windows interface, click Start > Settings > Control Panel
4	If installing...	Then...
	On a Windows 2000 system	Click Add/Remove Programs. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. Click Add New Programs. Click CD or Floppy, then click Next.
	On a Windows NT system	Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Click Install. Click Next.
5	Click Browse, browse to and select the ContentReporter.exe file, and click Open.
6	Click Finish.
7	In the Welcome screen of the InstallShield Wizard, click Next. Result: The InstallShield Wizard extracts the files needed to install ContentReporter, and then the InstallShield window appears.
8	In the InstallShield window, click Next.
9	Read and accept the License Agreement.
10	In the Customer Information window, enter your user name and your company name, and then click Next.
11	In the Choose Destination Location window, accept the default location or select a different location by clicking Browse, and then click Next.
12	In the Select Program Folder window, accept the default name of the Program folder, enter a new name in the Program Folders field, or select an existing name from the Existing Folders list, and then click Next. Result: The Start Copying Files window appears.
13	Review the settings in the Start Copying Files window, clicking Back to change any of them, and then click Next. Result: The InstallShield wizard installs ContentReporter. When the installation is complete, the ContentReporter service ("ContentReporter") begins initializing and the Setup Complete window appears.
14	Click Finish to exit the Installation program. Result: A message box appears.
15	Click OK to launch your Web browser, and to log into ContentReporter after the ContentReporter database initializes. After ContentReporter initializes, the License Login window appears, and you can log into ContentReporter for the first time. See Logging in the first time Note Do not stop the ContentReporter service or restart the computer while the ContentReporter service initializes.

Installing the ContentReporter server

Guidelines for installing

Space requirements for the installation

Installing ContentReporter

Result:

Result:

Result:

Result: