Consolidated Fiscal Reporting System (CFRS)
Administrative and Required User Privileges
In order to install or upgrade the CFRS software, on a PC running Windows XP Pro, 2000 and NT4, you are required to be an administrator on the computer, having full administrative privileges. The reason why the CFRS installation process requires that a user have administrative privileges is because the installation accesses the Windows registry and Windows System folders. Because these advanced rights can allow a user to accidentally damage or disrupt the operation of their systems, they are normally reserved for MIS or training systems and support personnel.
If you are trying to install software on a computer in a corporate or networked environment, using Windows XP Pro, 2000 or NT4, you will need to contact your system administrator to temporarily assign you appropriate administrative level privileges for your computer, if you do not already have them. If the system administrator is unable to grant you administrative privileges, for whatever reason or policy, you will need to request that your system administrator install the software for you, using their Administrative privilege rights. These rights are not required to run the software, once it is properly installed.
Verifying your account permissions
If you are running your installation on a Windows XP Pro, 2000 or NT4, you will need to confirm that you are the administrator of your computer.
Follow these steps to confirm that you have administrative rights on your computer:
- Select Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.
- In the Computer Management dialog, click on System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users.
- Right-click on your user name and select Properties.
- In the properties dialog, select the Member Of tab and make sure it states "Administrator".
Note: If a user running the software does not have sufficient User Rights or Privileges, they may get repeated "Installing…… " messages and possibly an error message indicating that the "msi source cannot be found" or "Unexpected Error, Quitting"
Setting User Permissions for Windows XP Pro, 2000 and NT 4.0
Note: These instructions apply to Windows XP Pro, 2000 and NT 4.0 (They do not apply to Windows 98, ME, or XP Home Edition).
The software must be installed by an administrator or a user with administrator rights.
File Permissions
Any user running the software must have read permissions to the database directory, the installation directory and all subdirectories and files beneath it.
The database directory can be changed during installation, but will default to:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Consolidated Fiscal Reporting System\CFRS 12.0
(replace "12.0" if you are installing a different version).
In addition, write and read permission (to create new files) must be given for the following subdirectories:
- DB
- Log
- Reports
For best results, follow these steps (based on XP; other versions may vary slightly)
- Open My Computer or Windows Explorer and navigate to the installation directory,
- i.e.C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Consolidated Fiscal Reporting System
- Right-click on CFRS 12.0 and select Properties.
- Select the Security tab.
- Select the Users group, or whichever user or group you wish to assign permissions for.
- Make sure that All permissions except Full Control are checked.
- To be sure all possible needed permissions are granted, click Advanced.
- There will be a permission that indicates not inherited. Select it.
- Click Edit.
- Everything except Full Control, Change Permissions and Take Ownership should be checked.
- Click OK for each open window, until all are closed.
The installation directory can be changed during installation, but will default to:
C:\Program Files\Consolidated Fiscal Reporting System\CFRS 12.0
(replace "12.0" if you are installing a different version).
In addition, write and read permission (to create new files) must be given for the following subdirectories:
- _Registered Component
- Reports
- UI
For best results, follow these steps (based on XP; other versions may vary slightly)
- Open My Computer or Windows Explorer and navigate to the installation directory,
- i.e.C:\Program Files\Consolidated Fiscal Reporting System\CFRS 12.0
- Right-click on CFRS 12.0 and select Properties.
- Select the Security tab.
- Select the Users group, or whichever user or group you wish to assign permissions for.
- Make sure that All permissions except Full Control are checked.
- To be sure all possible needed permissions are granted, click Advanced.
- There will be a permission that indicates not inherited. Select it.
- Click Edit.
- Everything except Full Control, Change Permissions and Take Ownership should be checked.
- Click OK for each open window, until all are closed.
Registry Permissions
Note: The following actions should only be completed by an IT professional.
Any user running the software must have read permissions to the following registry key, along with every key beneath it:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OMH\Consolidated Fiscal Reporting System\CFRS
And write permissions to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OMH\Consolidated Fiscal Reporting System\CFRS\Default
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OMH\Consolidated Fiscal Reporting System\CFRS\CFRSDECRYPT
Follow these steps to change the registry keys.
- Click Start, then Run...
- Type regedit, click OK.
- Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OMH\Consolidated Fiscal Reporting System\CFRS
- Right-click on the folder, click on Permissions
- Select an individual or the user's group.
- Check Full Control under Allow, click Apply, then OK then File, and Exit to close the Registry.