Client Installation

Note

All Thoroughbred Windows based products prior to Version 8.8.0 must first be uninstalled and the 8.9.1 release installed. BEFORE continuing with this installation, please see the Client Uninstallation section of this manual for instructions to properly prepare your system for 8.9.1.

All installations and activations must be run with Administrator privileges. Once fully installed and activated the products can be run using standard user accounts.

1. Login using an Administrator account.
2. Execute the appropriate setup for the target workstation.

• If you are installing a single user license on a supported Windows desktop workstation or Windows Server class machine, run setup_Tbcomm_7plus.exe

• If you are installing a site license on a supported Windows desktop workstation, run setup_TbcommSL_7plus.exe

• If you are installing a site license on a supported Windows Server class machine, run setup_TbcommSL_2008plus.exe

  The InstallShield Wizard will start the installation process.

Microsoft Prerequisites

The installation will first check the target workstation to determine if the required Microsoft prerequisites are present. If they are not, you will be prompted to install them. You must install the prerequisites if the install dialog prompts you to do so. When that installation is complete, the VIP installation will continue automatically

User Information

Enter your Name and Company.

Choose Destination Location

Type and enter or browse and enter the path to the location for the TSI folder. The default destination folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\TSI. We strongly recommend installing into the default folder.

Note

If you are installing on a supported Windows desktop workstation or Windows Server class machine you must install into the Program Files (x86) folder.

The TbredComm installation folder must have \TSI as the last folder in the path. Sample paths are: C:\Program Files (x86)\TSI, D:\Program Files (x86)\TSI, and V:\Program Files (x86)\TSI.

Start Copying Files

The TbredComm client files are installed to your destination folder.

Setup Complete

Select Finish.

If you have purchased a Site License version of TbredComm you will not be required to enter a serial number.

The installation procedure will display a dialog box to collect the TbredComm serial number.

Enter the Serial Number provided on the media label or in your email.

A serial number must be entered before TbredComm can be run. The serial number can be entered at any time by manually executing CollectSSN.exe:

• Locate CollectSSN.exe in the <install-path>\TSI\Bin directory.
• Double click to execute it and enter the serial number.

If a serial number is not entered, then TbredComm will not run and an “Unauthorized Installation” message will be displayed.

A default shortcut for TbredComm and WorkStation Manager are added to the Windows Start menu under Thoroughbred Software. If you are installing on a supported Windows desktop workstation or Windows Server class machine, please see the Notes for Windows Desktop Workstation or Windows Server Class Machine section of this manual for more information regarding shortcuts.

Recover Saved Settings

If you had uninstalled a previous version of TbredComm, recover the saved files as described in the Client Uninstallation section of this manual. For example, you may wish to recover saved TbredComm script files.

• If you installed on a supported Windows desktop workstation or Windows Server class machine, most directories are located in C:\ProgramData\Thoroughbred Software\TSI.

Your Tbred.ini settings are automatically recovered for you by the installation process.

Notes for Supported Windows desktop workstation or Windows Server class machines

TbredComm Shortcuts

To create a custom shortcut to TbredComm with the -A argument you must create a new shortcut using the shortcut wizard. You cannot modify or modify a copy of the default shortcuts created by the installation. The default shortcuts created by the installations follow Microsoft recommendation of creating Advertised shortcuts. The Target property for these shortcuts is read only.

Files and Folders

Note

The installations follow Windows desktop and Windows Server best practice rules. Some of the rules enforced are: all executables must be installed in Program Files (x86), files that require read write access cannot be installed in Program Files (x86) or Window system folders.

• All executables are located in C: \Program Files (x86)\TSI\Bin.
• Files and folders shared by all users requiring read and write access are located in C:\ProgramData\Thoroughbred Software\TSI. This includes the Scripts folder, ToolBar folder, temp folder and others.
• Tbred.ini is and Tsiconst.ini are now located in C:\ProgramData\Thoroughbred Software.
• Files specific to individual users are located in the user’s roaming profile folder: C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\Thoroughbred Software\TSI\Keys folder.

Fonts

The TBRD font is no longer supported. Both TbredComm and VIP now use the DejaVu mono font as a default. TbredComm and VIP install the DejaVu font family along with a copy of its license agreement. The font is an open source project and has become the standard for many versions of Linux including recent releases of Red Hat Fedora, Ubuntu and SuSE. For more information, see: http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page.

From the TbredComm Installation and Activation Guide, version 8.9.1. Open this page in the PDF