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MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The minimum recommended system requirements for installing and running the BOSS 3.0 Smart Client are:
Pentium compatible PC at 1.0GHz
Windows XP SP2 or later, Windows Vista or Windows 7.
512MB of RAM
32-bit SVGA display at 800 x 600 pixels
250 MB of hard drive space if the smart client is installed locally
10MB of hard drive space if installing via web
Keyboard and mouse
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INSTALLING THE BOSS 3.0 SMART CLIENT
The BOSS 3.0 Smart Client is a software application (“the BOSS application”) used to access the BOSS server.
The Smart Client application is typically run from a workstation in a local area network (LAN). For
instructions for installing and deploying the Smart Client, please refer to the BOSS 3.0 Installation and
Configuration Guide.
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LOGGING IN
BOSS ADMINISTRATOR LOGIN
When a new BOSS system is installed, the default user “admin” is created, with password of “admin1”. The
installer or designated BOSS admin can login with this account to create additional users and otherwise
configure the system. It is important that the admin password should be changed right away in order to
protect system security. Also remember that it is very important that this password is kept confidential in
order to protect the security of your BOSS system.
Please refer to the BOSS 3.0 Installation and Configuration Guide from more information about BOSS 3.0
installation.
4.2.
USER LOGINS
The BOSS application will require the user to login with user name and password only if there is no BOSS
user matching the current Active Directory user login. In other words, if the user name currently logged into
Windows matches a user name in the BOSS system, the user is automatically logged into the application
when it is started, and no login screen will appear.
For example, if user “bsmith” is logged in using Windows Domain Authentication through Active Directory
(“logged into Windows”) when the BOSS Smart Client is started, and a “bsmith” user exists within the BOSS
system, no login screen will appear; the application will authenticate the user and load automatically. If a
user logs into Windows that is not an exact match to that user name in the BOSS system, or is not logged
into the same Windows Domain, a login screen will appear. The user will then have to enter a correct BOSS
user name and password in order to enter the application.
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